Case docket
United States v. Tommy Hawkins — U.S. District Court, D.N.J.
United States v. Tommy Hawkins — 10 court filings in the archive from U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey (Camden), filed between May 28, 2024 and December 2, 2024. Among them: 1 motion, 1 information and 1 plea agreement.
Case facts
| Court | U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey (Camden) |
|---|---|
| Filings | 10 public filings |
| Filed | 2024-05-28 – 2024-12-02 |
| Document types | motion (1), information (1), plea agreement (1), judgment (1) |
Case summary
Tommy Hawkins pleaded guilty on May 28, 2024 to count 1 of an information in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, Camden, No. 1:24-cr-00358-KMW, and was adjudicated guilty of attempt and conspiracy to commit bank fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1349, for conduct from about January 2021 through about May 2021. The information states that Hawkins was the branch manager at the Conshohocken, Pennsylvania location of a Paycheck Protection Program lender it calls Lender-1, that he recruited and opened business accounts for owners of companies with little or no operations, in some cases without the customer present and in violation of the lender's policies, and that Lender-1 approved at least 38 PPP loans and distributed approximately $5,000,000. Sentence was pronounced October 18, 2024.
Case at a glance
| Defendant(s) | Tommy Hawkins |
|---|---|
| Court and docket | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, Camden, No. 1:24-CR-00358-KMW-1 |
| District | District of New Jersey prosecutions → |
| Program | Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) |
| Charges | Count 1 of the information: attempt and conspiracy to commit bank fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1349, from in or about January 2021 through in or about May 2021 |
| Outcome and sentence | Pleaded guilty May 28, 2024; sentence pronounced October 18, 2024, judgment signed October 24, 2024: 65 months' imprisonment (judgment, Dkt. 17, p. 2). An order filed December 2, 2024 granted his motion to extend his deadline to surrender to a date after January 4, 2025 (order, Dkt. 20) |
| Counts of conviction | Pleaded guilty to count 1 of the information on 5/28/2024, attempt and conspiracy to commit bank fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1349, from in or about January 2021 through in or about May 2021; sentence pronounced October 18, 2024 (judgment of October 24, 2024, p. 1, image checked) |
| Sentence imposed | 65 months' imprisonment (p. 2); three years of supervised release (p. 3) |
| Restitution | $5,296,279.11, payable to the U.S. Treasury through the Clerk for distribution to the Small Business Administration; due immediately, through the Inmate Financial Responsibility Program at $25 every 3 months, then monthly installments of no less than $300.00 from 30 days after release; the judgment lists seven defendants in other cases (Nos. 23-cr-537, 23-cr-546, 24-cr-267-1, -2, -3, 24-cr-360 and 24-cr-469) who "may be subject to restitution orders to the same victims for this same loss" (p. 6) |
| Fine and assessment | Special assessment $100.00 for count 1, due immediately (p. 1) |
| Forfeiture | "per the Consent Judgment and Order of Forfeiture entered by the Court on 5/28/24 for Money Judgment in favor of the USA and against defendant TOMMY HAWKINS in the amount of $25,000.00" (p. 8) |
What was Hawkins's role, according to the information?
Branch manager at the Conshohocken, Pennsylvania location of Lender-1 until May 2021. The information states he recruited individuals who owned or controlled non-operating companies, directed them to open business accounts at his branch even when they lived far away, opened accounts for some when they were not present in violation of Lender-1's policies, and gave recruits a link to the lender's PPP application portal.
How much did the lender disburse?
The information states that Lender-1 approved at least 38 PPP loans and distributed approximately $5,000,000 based on fraudulent applications facilitated by Hawkins and his co-conspirators.
What did Hawkins receive?
Thousands of dollars in cash for his role, according to the information, plus incentive compensation from Lender-1 for opening new business bank accounts for the non-operating companies that received PPP loans on fraudulent applications.
Summary written from the documents on this page; every sentence is sourced.
Filings
10 public filings from this case, in filing-date order.
- Application to Enter Guilty Plea — United States v. HawkinsMotion
- Information — United States v. HawkinsInformation
- Plea Agreement — United States v. HawkinsPlea agreement
- Waiver of Indictment and Venue — United States v. Tommy Hawkins (Dkt. 2, D.N.J.)Dkt. 2 · PDF
- Court filing — United States v. Tommy Hawkins (Dkt. 6, D.N.J.)Dkt. 6 · PDF
- Letter from Shaka M — United States v. Tommy Hawkins (Dkt. 11, D.N.J.)Dkt. 11 · PDF
- Court filing — United States v. Tommy Hawkins (Dkt. 14, D.N.J.)Dkt. 14 · PDF
- Judgment — United States v. HawkinsJudgment
- Notice of Attorney Appearance: Katryna Lyn Spearman — United States v. Tommy Hawkins (Dkt. 18-2, D.N.J.)Dkt. 18-2 · PDF
- Order Granting 19 Motion for Extension of Time to — United States v. Tommy Hawkins (Dkt. 20, D.N.J.)Dkt. 20 · PDF
More documents from this docket
1 more document from the same CourtListener docket (gov.uscourts.njd.549157) is in the archive but is not among the 10 filings above.
Court, dates and docket numbers are as recorded on the filings.