Case docket
April Elick PPP and EIDL case — U.S. District Court, S.D. W. Va.
United States v. April Elick — 7 court filings in the archive from U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia, filed between April 8, 2025 and October 15, 2025. Among them: 2 orders, 1 information and 1 plea agreement.
See also: United States v. April Elick — U.S. District Court, S.D. W. Va. — the same docket (docket No. 1:25-cr-00056) under another case page, 24 public filings. Full docket →
Case facts
| Court | U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia |
|---|---|
| Filings | 7 public filings |
| Filed | 2025-04-08 – 2025-10-15 |
| Document types | orders (2), information (1), plea agreement (1), opinion (1), sentencing memorandum (1), judgment (1) |
| Original PDFs | 7 of 7 |
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
| Defendant(s) | April Elick |
|---|---|
| Court and docket | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, No. 1:25-cr-00056 |
| Program | Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) |
| Charges | Theft of government money (18 U.S.C. § 641), single-count information, offense ended May 3, 2022 |
| Outcome and sentence | Pleaded guilty; sentence imposed October 6, 2025 of five years' probation, a $100 assessment and restitution of $99,330.08 payable to the SBA; judgment entered October 9, 2025 |
| Counts of conviction | Pleaded guilty to the single-count information, theft of government money, 18 U.S.C. § 641, offense ended 5/3/2022 (judgment of October 9, 2025, p. 1) |
| Sentence imposed | Five years of probation (p. 2) |
| Restitution | $99,330.08 to the SBA, 100 percent; lump sum of $99,430.08 (assessment and restitution) due immediately, otherwise monthly installments of $369 during probation (pp. 5-7) |
| Fine and assessment | Special assessment $100.00 (p. 6) |
| Forfeiture | Preliminary order of forfeiture of August 25, 2025: forfeiture money judgment of $97,802.59 in United States currency, more or less (Dkt. 22, p. 1); final order of forfeiture of October 15, 2025: the $97,802.59 money judgment condemned, forfeited and vested in the United States (Dkt. 34, p. 1) |
| Status checked | 2026-09-23 · against DOJ press releases through 2026-09-22; court docket not yet read |
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.
Summary written from the documents on this page; every sentence is sourced.
Filings
7 public filings from this case, in filing-date order.
- Information — United States v. April ElickInformation · PDF
- Plea Agreement - United States v. April ElickPlea agreement · PDF
- Memorandum Opinion and Order — United States v. April ElickOpinion · PDF
- Preliminary Order of Forfeiture — United States v. April ElickOrder · PDF
- Defendant's Sentencing Memorandum — United States v. April ElickSentencing memorandum · PDF
- Judgment in a Criminal Case — United States v. April ElickJudgment · PDF
- Final Order of Forfeiture — United States v. April ElickOrder · PDF
Court, dates and docket numbers are as recorded on the filings.