April Elick PPP and EIDL case — U.S. District Court, S.D. W. Va.

Case summary

April Elick was prosecuted in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, No. 1:25-cr-00056. She pleaded guilty to a single-count information charging theft of government money under 18 U.S.C. § 641, with the offense ending May 3, 2022. Her sentencing memorandum states that in 2021 she submitted applications for two Paycheck Protection Program loans, that an SBA approved lender treated her as eligible for both, and that two electronic deposits of $7,260 were made to her account; it also describes an Economic Injury Disaster Loan application first rejected in October 2020 and later obtained. Sentence was imposed October 6, 2025: five years of probation, a $100 assessment and restitution of $99,330.08 to the Small Business Administration. Judgment was entered October 9, 2025.

Case at a glance

How is the restitution to be paid?

$99,330.08, payable in monthly installments of $369 during the term of probation if not paid immediately, to the clerk of the court for the Small Business Administration. Her sentencing memorandum states the $369 figure matches the monthly installment she owes under the modified EIDL loan.

What makes up the restitution figure?

According to her sentencing memorandum, the total includes ongoing interest charges on her EIDL and PPP loans and $5,000 in loan processing fees.

What do the filings say about the loans?

That she submitted applications for two PPP loans in 2021 and received two electronic deposits of $7,260, some of which she spent on personal expenses; and that an EIDL application she completed in October 2020 was rejected on October 20, 2020 as not sufficiently substantiated before she sought reconsideration. The EIDL loan was not forgivable and carried a fixed annual interest rate of 3.75 percent.