U.S. v. Al Clint Laroche

Case summary

The United States charged Al Clint LaRoche by criminal complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Fort Myers Division, No. 2:22-mj-01127, with making a false statement to a lending institution under 18 U.S.C. § 1014 over a Paycheck Protection Program loan. The complaint of October 31, 2022 (Entry 3), sworn by FBI Special Agent Grace M. Bruno, alleges that LaRoche obtained a $449,500 PPP loan for his company Bornwild, LLC on an application listing 61 employees and average monthly payroll of $179,815.00, with Form 941s that were altered copies of another business's tax forms, that the Florida Department of Revenue had no records of wages paid by Bornwild in 2019 and 2020, and that after $449,400 was deposited on August 11, 2020 he bought a used 2018 Mercedes SUV and made cash withdrawals totaling $133,200. The page carries 14 documents: the motion to seal and sealing order of October 31, 2022 (Entries 1 and 2), the complaint, the arrest warrant (Entry 7), a Due Process Protections Act order of November 8, 2022, the Southern District of Florida docket sheet, minute order, waiver, $100,000 appearance bond and order of removal from his arrest on November 8, 2022 and appearance in West Palm Beach (Entry 8 and attachments), the government's notice of his waiver of speedy indictment extending the charging deadline from December 8, 2022 to January 31, 2023 (Entry 9), an appearance of counsel (Entry 10) and the order of November 30, 2022 granting the ends-of-justice finding (Entry 11). These are allegations. The hosted docket ends with that November 30, 2022 order; no charging document after the complaint is in the archive.