U.S. v. Bushell

Case summary

The United States charged B. Andrew Bushell and Tracey M.A. Stockton of Marblehead, Massachusetts by criminal complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, No. 1:22-mj-04506, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1349 and conspiracy to commit unlawful monetary transactions under 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h), over EIDL and PPP applications. The affidavit of FBI Special Agent Chad Oakes, filed October 11, 2022 as Entry 1, attachment 3, states that between April 2020 and January 2022 the two submitted EIDL and PPP applications for affiliated entities, including St. Paul's Foundation, Marblehead Salt and Marblehead Brewing, that misrepresented revenues and payroll, with EIDL applications seeking $5,005,300, and alleges that they spent the funds on building improvements, a residential property and personal expenses. The second filing in the archive is the government's motion of November 8, 2023 (Entry 58) under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 48(a) for leave to dismiss the complaint against both defendants, stating only that dismissal is in the interests of justice. These are allegations. The hosted docket ends with that motion; the order on it is not in the archive.