Case docket
United States v. Damian Halfkenny — U.S. District Court, D. Mass.
United States v. Damian Halfkenny — 5 court filings in the archive from U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, filed between April 10, 2026 and July 29, 2026. Among them: 1 information, 1 plea agreement and 1 motion.
Case facts
| Court | U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts |
|---|---|
| Filings | 5 public filings |
| Filed | 2026-04-10 – 2026-07-29 |
| Document types | information (1), plea agreement (1), motion (1), order (1) |
| Original PDFs | 5 of 5 |
Case summary
Damian Halfkenny was charged in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, No. 1:26-cr-10107-NMG, over a Paycheck Protection Program loan. The information filed April 10, 2026 charges one count of wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343. It states that on or about March 2, 2021 he emailed a bank a signed application for a $21,220 PPP loan representing that he was the sole proprietor of a residential real estate rental business with one employee and an average monthly payroll expense of $8,488, that the bank deposited $21,220 on March 8, 2021, and that on September 16, 2021 the SBA repaid the bank $21,332.79. He pleaded guilty to count one on April 14, 2026. An order of forfeiture for $21,332.79 entered June 10, 2026.
Case at a glance
| Defendant(s) | Damian Halfkenny |
|---|---|
| Court and docket | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, No. 1:26-cr-10107-NMG |
| Program | Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) |
| Charges | Count one: wire fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1343), with a forfeiture allegation under 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C) and 28 U.S.C. § 2461 |
| Outcome and sentence | Pleaded guilty to count one on April 14, 2026 under a written plea agreement signed April 10, 2026; order of forfeiture of $21,332.79 entered June 10, 2026. No judgment is on this page and no sentence appears in the documents |
| Forfeiture | Order of forfeiture (money judgment) filed June 10, 2026: the defendant shall forfeit to the United States the sum of $21,332.79, the amount the plea agreement's section 6 agreed represented proceeds of the count one wire fraud offense; the order records the guilty plea to count one of the information on April 14, 2026 (pp. 1-2) |
What does the information allege?
That Halfkenny, employed full-time as a Sergeant with the Massachusetts State Police, applied on or about March 2, 2021 for a $21,220 PPP loan as the sole proprietor of a residential real estate rental business, stating an average monthly payroll expense of $8,488 and submitting a fabricated Schedule C, when his 2019 Schedule E had reported a loss of $8,714 and no payroll expenses.
How much was forfeited?
$21,332.79, entered as a personal money judgment on June 10, 2026. That figure is the principal the SBA repaid the bank on September 16, 2021 plus $112.79 in accrued interest, and the plea agreement records his agreement to forfeit it as proceeds of the offense.
What happened to the loan proceeds?
The information states the bank deposited $21,220 into a new checking account on March 8, 2021, that Halfkenny spent the proceeds in less than two months, including two payments of $7,000 to himself, and that he did not repay any portion of the loan.
Summary written from the documents on this page; every sentence is sourced.
Filings
5 public filings from this case, in filing-date order.
- Criminal InformationInformation · PDF
- Plea AgreementPlea agreement · PDF
- Motion for Order of ForfeitureMotion · PDF
- Order of ForfeitureOrder · PDF
- Court filing — United States v. Damian Halfkenny (Dkt. 19, D. Mass.)Dkt. 19 · PDF
Court, dates and docket numbers are as recorded on the filings.