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United States v. Damian Halfkenny — U.S. District Court, D. Mass.

United States v. Damian Halfkenny — U.S. District Court, D. Mass. — 5 documents in the archive, dated April 10, 2026 to June 10, 2026.

Case facts

CourtU.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
Docket numberNo. 1:26-cr-10107 — main docket · CourtListener dockets 298904, 298905
Filings5 public filings (1 document also held as a second copy)
Filed2026-04-10 – 2026-06-10
Document typesinformation (1), plea agreement (1), motion (1), order (1)
Original PDFs5 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 docketU.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, No. 1:26-cr-10107-NMG
ProgramPaycheck Protection Program (PPP)
ChargesCount 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 sentencePleaded 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
ForfeitureOrder 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.

Defendants

CourtListener keeps a separate docket for each defendant under this docket number. Their filings are merged into the docket below; each row names the CourtListener docket it came from.

Docket

5 documents in docket-entry order; attachments follow their entry. Gaps name the entries we do not have.

No. 1:26-cr-10107

  1. Criminal Information — U.S. v. HalfkennyEntry 1 · CourtListener docket 298905
  2. —Entry 2 is not in the archive
  3. Plea Agreement — U.S. v. HalfkennyEntry 3 · CourtListener docket 298905
  4. Notice of Appearance: Patrick Hanley — United States v. Damian Halfkenny (Criminal No. 1:26-cr-10107)Entry 4 · CourtListener docket 298904 · also docketed as 298905
  5. —Entries 5 and 7 are not in the archive; entries 6 and 8–9 are listed under More documents below
  6. Motion for Order of Forfeiture — U.S. v. Halfkenny (D. Mass.)Entry 10 · CourtListener docket 298905
  7. Order of Forfeiture — U.S. v. HalfkennyEntry 10, attachment 1 · CourtListener docket 298905

More documents from this case’s dockets

10 more documents linked to this case’s dockets are in the archive and not in the docket above.

  1. United States' Motion for Order of Forfeiture (Money Judgment) — United States v. Damian Halfkenny (Dkt. 10)Source documentMotion for forfeiture money judgment of $21,332.79, United States v. Damian Halfkenny, No. 26-CR-10107-NMG (D. Mass.), Doc. 10, June 10, 2026.
  2. Order of Forfeiture (Money Judgment) — United States v. Damian Halfkenny (Dkt. 10.1)Source documentOrder of Forfeiture (Money Judgment), $21,332.79, United States v. Damian Halfkenny, No. 26-CR-10107-NMG (D. Mass.), Doc. 10-1, June 10, 2026.
  3. Judgment in a Criminal Case — U.S. v. Damian Halfkenny (D. Mass.)Dkt. 19 · PDF
  4. undatedWaiver of an Indictment — United States v. Halfkenny (District of Massachusetts, Document 6, filed 04/14/26)Source document
  5. undatedOrder Setting Conditions of Release — District of Massachusetts (Case 1:26-cr-10107-NMG, Filed 04/14/26)Source document
  6. Criminal Case Cover Sheet — U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts (Case 1:26-cr-10107-NMG)Source document
  7. Amended Procedural Order — United States v. Damian Halfkenny (Dkt. 9)Source documentAmended Procedural Order re: sentencing hearing, No. 1:26-cr-10107-NMG (D. Mass.), Doc. 9, April 14, 2026: pre-sentence report schedule.
  8. undatedWaiver of an Indictment, United States of America v. Damian HalfkennySource document
  9. undatedOrder Setting Conditions of Release (AO 199A, 199B) — No. 1:26-cr-10107-NMG (District of Massachusetts)Source document

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