Case docket
United States v. Edward McCorkle — PPP and EIDL case, D. Md.
United States v. Edward McCorkle — 8 court filings in the archive from U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, filed between September 9, 2025 and February 5, 2026. Among them: 2 sentencing memoranda, 1 information and 1 plea agreement.
Case facts
| Court | U.S. District Court, District of Maryland |
|---|---|
| Filings | 8 public filings |
| Filed | 2025-09-09 – 2026-02-05 |
| Document types | sentencing memoranda (2), information (1), plea agreement (1), stipulation (1), order (1), judgment (1) |
| Original PDFs | 8 of 8 |
Case summary
This case page collects filings from the prosecution of Edward McCorkle in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, No. 1:25-cr-00270-RDB. A criminal information was filed September 9, 2025, and the preliminary order of forfeiture records that McCorkle pleaded guilty on September 15, 2025 to count one, wire fraud conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343 and 1349. The government's sentencing memorandum states that he worked with others to obtain fraudulent loans for purported businesses under the Paycheck Protection Program and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program, obtained $523,700 and attempted to obtain $946,500, and it asks for 27 months' imprisonment, three years of supervised release and restitution of $523,700. The court entered a preliminary order of forfeiture for a money judgment of $523,700 on January 9, 2026. A judgment and commitment was entered February 5, 2026.
Case at a glance
| Defendant(s) | Edward McCorkle |
|---|---|
| Court and docket | U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, No. 1:25-cr-00270-RDB |
| District | District of Maryland prosecutions → |
| Program | Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program |
| Charges | Wire fraud conspiracy (18 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 1349), count one, by information |
| Outcome and sentence | Pleaded guilty September 15, 2025; preliminary order of forfeiture, money judgment of $523,700, entered January 9, 2026; judgment and commitment entered February 5, 2026. The judgment on the page is a scan and its extracted text does not carry the terms imposed |
| Counts of conviction | Pleaded guilty to count 1 of the information, wire fraud conspiracy, 18 U.S.C. § 1349, offense concluded 04/01/2021 (judgment of February 5, 2026, p. 1) |
| Sentence imposed | 24 months' imprisonment as to count 1 (p. 2); three years of supervised release (p. 3) |
| Restitution | $523,500.00, payable to the Clerk, U.S. District Court, Baltimore, for disbursement to victims (p. 5); the $523,700 in the outcome row is the money judgment entered in the preliminary order of forfeiture of January 9, 2026 |
| Fine and assessment | Fine waived; special assessment $100.00 (p. 5) |
| Forfeiture | "Forfeiture Order incorporated herein by reference" (p. 6) |
| Status checked | 2026-09-23 · against DOJ press releases through 2026-09-22; court docket not yet read |
What sentence did the government ask for?
The government's sentencing memorandum, filed February 3, 2026, requests 27 months' imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release and restitution of $523,700 to the victims. The defendant's memorandum in aid of sentencing asks for nine months of active incarceration followed by eighteen months of electronic monitoring.
What amounts appear in the filings?
The defendant's sentencing memorandum states that loan applications submitted to Cross River Bank under his business names were combined for $946,500 and that he obtained $523,700. The government's memorandum gives the same two figures.
Does the page show the sentence imposed?
No. The judgment and commitment dated February 5, 2026 is on the page as a six-page scan, and its extracted text contains only page headers.
Summary written from the documents on this page; every sentence is sourced.
Filings
8 public filings from this case, in filing-date order.
- Criminal Information — United States v. Edward McCorkleInformation · PDF
- Plea Agreement — United States v. Edward McCorkle (D. Md.)Plea agreement · PDF
- Stipulation of Facts — United States v. Edward McCorkleStipulation · PDF
- Defendant's Sentencing Memorandum — United States v. Edward McCorkle (D. Md.)Sentencing memorandum · PDF
- Motion for Preliminary Order of Forfeiture — United States v. Edward McCorklePDF
- Preliminary Order of Forfeiture — United States v. Edward McCorkle (D. Md.)Order · PDF
- Government's Sentencing Memorandum — United States v. Edward McCorkle (D. Md.)Sentencing memorandum · PDF
- Judgment and Commitment — United States v. Edward McCorkleJudgment · PDF
Court, dates and docket numbers are as recorded on the filings.