Order — United States v. Moller (Dkt. 274, D.R.I.)

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An order by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. in United States of America v. Michael Moller, C.A. No. 1:20-cr-088-JJM-LDA, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, dated November 18, 2025. It addresses three motions: a second motion for relief under Fed. R. Civ. P 60(B) (ECF No. 268), a motion for release on bond pending appeal (ECF No. 269) and a motion for compassionate release (ECF No. 273). The Court finds that each repeats arguments already rejected and denies them. A footnote states that Moller was sentenced to 70 months on a bank fraud charge related to fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program loan applications, plus 12 months and one day, consecutive, for a supervised release violation on a previous bank robbery conviction.

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Case 1:20-cr-00088-JJM-AEM     Document 274      Filed 11/18/25   Page 1 of 2 PageID #:
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                     UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                   FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND

                                          )
 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                )
                                          )
      v.                                  )
                                                C.A. No. 1:20-cr-088-JJM-LDA
                                          )
 MICHAEL MOLLER,                          )
     Defendant.                           )
                                          )

                                       ORDER

       Michael J. Moller1 has filed three motions: Second Motion for Relief

 under Fed. R. Civ. P 60(B) (ECF No. 268); Motion for Release on Bond Pending

 Appeal (ECF No. 269); and Motion to Reduce Sentence–Compassionate

 Release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(C)(1)(A) (ECF No. 273).

       Each of these three motions repeats the same arguments that he has

 raised since his conviction, which the Court (through three judges) has

 rejected. There is no legal or factual basis for the Court to reconsider these

 prior rulings and therefore the Court DENIES the Second Motion for Relief




       1 Defendant Michael J. Moller was sentenced to 70 months of imprisonment on

 a bank fraud charge (ECF No. 42) and 12 months plus one day of imprisonment to be
 served consecutively for violating the terms of his supervised release on a previous
 bank robbery conviction. (ECF No. 21 in Case No. CR-20-81) The bank fraud charge
 related to a scheme to defraud financial institutions during the pandemic by
 submitting fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan applications in his
 name and in the names of others. Mr. Moller submitted 11 fraudulent PPP loan
 applications seeking more than $4.7 million in funds and received $699,251 in illicit
 funds. He is projected to be released from custody on August 3, 2026.

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 Under Fed. R. Civ. P 60(B) (ECF No. 268) and the Motion to Reduce Sentence–

 Compassionate Release Under 18 U.S.C. 3582(C)(1)(A) (ECF No. 273).

       The Court also DENIES his Motion for Release on Bond Pending Appeal

 (ECF No. 269).   There is no statutory, common-law, or factual basis for

 releasing Mr. Moller now – the Court did not grant his habeas (thus Fed. R.

 App 23(c) does not apply), and there is little or no likely hood that he will

 succeed on appeal.



 IT IS SO ORDERED.


 s/John J. McConnell, Jr.
 _________________________________
 John J. McConnell, Jr.
 Chief Judge
 United States District Court


 November 18, 2025




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