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Eric Shibley PPP and EIDL fraud case — U.S. District Court, W.D. Wash.

U.S. v. Shibley Wawd — 10 court filings in the archive from U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington (Seattle), filed between June 29, 2020 and September 30, 2022. Among them: 2 judgments, 1 criminal complaint and 1 sentencing memorandum.

Related docket: United States v. Shibley — 140 public filings from the same matter under a different docket; 4 documents appear on both pages.

Related docket: United States v. Eric Shibley — 139 public filings from the same matter under a different docket; 3 documents appear on both pages.

Case facts

CourtU.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington (Seattle)
Filings10 public filings
Filed2020-06-29 – 2022-09-30
Document typesjudgments (2), criminal complaint (1), sentencing memorandum (1), order (1)
Original PDFs10 of 10

Case summary

Eric R. Shibley was prosecuted in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington at Seattle, No. CR20-174-JCC, over Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan applications. He was arrested in June 2020 on a complaint charging wire fraud and bank fraud, and indicted on October 15, 2020 on fifteen counts of wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering. After a four-day trial a jury found him guilty of all fifteen counts on November 18, 2021. On March 8, 2022 the court sentenced him to 48 months' imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release and ordered restitution of $1,438,000.00. He appealed his conviction and sentence to the Ninth Circuit. A final order of forfeiture was entered September 30, 2022.

Case at a glance

Defendant(s)Eric R. Shibley; entities named in the filings include Eric R. Shibley MD PLLC and ES1 LLC
Court and docketU.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington (Seattle), No. 2:20-cr-00174-JCC
ProgramPaycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL)
ChargesFifteen counts of wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering in the October 15, 2020 indictment; the June 2020 complaint charged one count of wire fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1343) and one count of bank fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1344)
Outcome and sentenceConvicted at trial on all fifteen counts, November 18, 2021; sentenced March 8, 2022 to 48 months' imprisonment, three years of supervised release and restitution of $1,438,000.00; appeal filed to the Ninth Circuit
Counts of convictionFound guilty on counts 1-15 of the indictment: wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1343 and 2, counts 1-7; bank fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1344(2) and 2, counts 8-10; money laundering, 18 U.S.C. § 1957 and 2, counts 11-15; offense ended June 30, 2020 (amended judgment of April 4, 2022, p. 1)
Sentence imposed48 months' imprisonment (p. 2); three years of supervised release (p. 3)
Restitution$1,438,000.00: Customers Bank $960,000; Huntington Bank $200,000; Small Business Administration $278,000 (p. 6)
Fine and assessmentFine waived; special assessment $1,500 (p. 6)
Forfeiture"See combined Preliminary Order of Forfeiture and Order of Forfeiture at Dkt. No. 144" (p. 7)
Amended judgmentFiled April 4, 2022 as a correction of sentence for clerical mistake (Fed. R. Crim. P. 36) to the judgment of March 8, 2022 (p. 1); the March 8 judgment's monetary-penalties total line leaves the restitution box blank while its payee table totals $1,438,000.00 (judgment of March 8, 2022, p. 6)
Status checked2026-09-23 · against DOJ press releases through 2026-09-22; court docket not yet read

What did the government ask for at sentencing?

Ninety-seven months' imprisonment, three years of supervised release and $1,438,000 in restitution. That is the government's sentencing memorandum of March 1, 2022; the court imposed 48 months.

How much was involved?

The government's sentencing memorandum states that Shibley sought over $3.6 million from COVID-19 relief programs including the PPP and the EIDL program, submitting false information about the payroll, employees and revenues of entities he controlled.

What was forfeited?

The final order of forfeiture of September 30, 2022 covers funds seized in May 2020, including $49,500.86 from a Navy Federal Credit Union account held in the name of Eric R. Shibley MD PLLC and $100,000.00 and $804,816.63 from Wells Fargo accounts.

Summary written from the documents on this page; every sentence is sourced.

Filings

10 public filings from this case, in filing-date order.

  1. Criminal complaint — U.S. v. ShibleyCriminal complaint · PDF
  2. Government Trial Brief — U.S. v. ShibleyPDF
  3. Admitted Trial Exhibits (GX 27–70): EIDL ApplicationsPDF
  4. Admitted Trial Exhibits (GX 1–2): PPP Loan ApplicationsPDF
  5. Trial Exhibit (GX 225): Stipulation of Facts — U.S. v. ShibleyPDF
  6. Government Sentencing Memorandum — U.S. v. Shibley (W.D. Wash.)PDF
  7. Defense Sentencing Memorandum — U.S. v. Shibley (W.D. Wash.)Sentencing memorandum · PDF
  8. Judgment in a Criminal Case — U.S. v. ShibleyJudgment · PDF
  9. Amended Judgment in a Criminal Case — U.S. v. ShibleyJudgment · PDF
  10. Final Order of Forfeiture — U.S. v. ShibleyOrder · PDF

More documents from this docket

6 more documents from the same CourtListener docket (gov.uscourts.wawd.290911) and 5 from another CourtListener docket (gov.uscourts.wawd.290910) are in the archive but are not among the 10 filings above.

  1. Criminal Complaint - United States v. Eric Shibley PPP fraud case (2020-06-29)Criminal complaint
  2. Indictment
  3. IndictmentOrder
  4. InformationJury questionnaire or instructions
  5. (COVID-19) pandemic of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant an emergency declaration
  6. the Applicant subject to an indictment, criminal information, arraignment, or other means
  7. Combined Preliminary Order of Forfeiture and Order of Forfeiture - 1Order
  8. Motion — United States v. Shibley (Dkt. 143, W.D. Wash. No. 2:20-cr-00174)Response or reply
  9. 3. Celtic participated in the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) in order to provide directExhibit
  10. Client Letter to Court
  11. undatedInformation

Court, dates and docket numbers are as recorded on the filings.

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