U.S. v. Rose Azd

Case summary

The United States charged Shakia Michelle Rose by criminal information in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, No. 2:25-cr-01188, with conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. 371 over Paycheck Protection Program loans. The information, filed August 27, 2025 as Entry 2, alleges that from about March 2021 through February 2023 Rose conspired to defraud PPP lenders Harvest Small Business Finance, Lendistry, Capital Plus Financial, Benworth Capital and Fountainhead SBF LLC of approximately $351,237 by preparing applications with false Schedule C forms claiming sole proprietorships earning over $100,000, when many of the applicants worked for or contracted with the federal government, and later filing false forgiveness applications; and that Rose personally received more than $40,000 and received payments from co-conspirators, including a $2,500 Venmo payment. Assistant U.S. Attorney Aron Ketchel appears for the government. An information is filed by the prosecutor without a grand jury; these are allegations. It is the only filing in the archive; the hosted docket shows nothing after August 27, 2025.