Damisha Brown PPP case — U.S. District Court, S.D. W. Va.

Case summary

Damisha Brown was prosecuted in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia at Charleston, No. 2:24-cr-00192, one of seven defendants named in the case caption. She pleaded guilty to count one of the superseding indictment, conspiracy to commit bank fraud under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1344 and 1349, with the offense ending July 31, 2021. The government's sentencing memorandum states that in the spring of 2021 she aided and abetted Kisha Sutton to obtain a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program loan, supplying her personal information to her sister, who passed it to Sutton. On October 2, 2025 the court sentenced her to time served, a $100 assessment and restitution of $15,625 to the Small Business Administration, jointly and severally with Sutton, and dismissed count seven. No fine was imposed.

Case at a glance

What does the page say about her role?

The government's sentencing memorandum states that she supplied her personal information to her sister, who passed it to Kisha Sutton, and that she aided and abetted Sutton in obtaining a fraudulent PPP loan through the federal COVID-19 relief program administered by the Small Business Administration.

Who receives the restitution?

The Small Business Administration, $15,625.00, payable jointly and severally with Kisha Sutton, with interest as allowed by law, as a special condition of supervised release.

Is the restitution settled?

Not entirely. An order of June 17, 2026 records a discrepancy across the co-defendants' judgments about which payee should receive certain payments, and directs the United States to file a response by July 2, 2026. The court states the issues will not alter the total restitution owed by any defendant or the payment schedules.

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