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United States v. Carolyn and Tracy Wade — U.S. District Court, S.D. Fla.

United States v. Carolyn Denise Wade and Tracy D. Wade — 6 court filings in the archive from U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, filed between September 15, 2023 and August 25, 2025. Among them: 2 indictments, 2 orders and 1 sentencing memorandum.

Related docket: United States v. Tracy D. Wade — 133 public filings from the same matter under a different docket; 2 documents appear on both pages.

Case facts

CourtU.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
Filings6 public filings
Filed2023-09-15 – 2025-08-25
Document typesindictments (2), orders (2), sentencing memorandum (1)
Original PDFs6 of 6

Case summary

United States v. Carolyn Denise Wade and Tracy D. Wade, No. 0:23-cr-60173-KMW in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, concerns Paycheck Protection Program loans. The indictment returned September 15, 2023 charged Carolyn Denise Wade with wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343. A jury trial held May 13 to 21, 2024 ended in a mistrial, and a superseding indictment was returned June 28, 2024. After a nine-day trial a jury found both defendants guilty on October 23, 2024 of all counts charged. Tracy Wade was sentenced on March 12, 2025 to 90 days' imprisonment, with judgment entered March 20, 2025. On August 25, 2025 the court denied his renewed motion to stay the jail sentence pending appeal. No judgment as to Carolyn Denise Wade is on this page.

Case at a glance

Defendant(s)Carolyn Denise Wade; Tracy D. Wade
Court and docketU.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Fort Lauderdale, No. 0:23-cr-60173-KMW
ProgramPaycheck Protection Program (PPP)
ChargesSuperseding indictment: conspiracy to commit wire fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1349); two counts of wire fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1343); conspiracy to make false statements to the SBA (18 U.S.C. § 371); three counts of making false statements to the SBA (15 U.S.C. § 645(a))
Outcome and sentenceBoth convicted at trial on October 23, 2024. Tracy Wade: 90 days on each of counts 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 10, concurrent, imposed March 12, 2025, judgment March 20, 2025; stay pending appeal denied August 25, 2025. The sentence imposed on Carolyn Denise Wade is not in the documents on this page

What were the Wades convicted of?

On October 23, 2024, following a nine-day trial, a jury found Tracy Wade guilty of all counts charged in the superseding indictment, and the order recites that Carolyn Wade was also found guilty of those offenses. The counts are one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, two counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to make false statements to the SBA and three counts of making false statements to the SBA.

How much was involved?

The government's sentencing memorandum states that each defendant received $20,833, the maximum PPP loan available to a sole proprietor, from an SBA lender for a fake business supported by fake tax documents. It recommended 14 months for Tracy Wade, 10 months for Carolyn Wade, three years of supervised release each and restitution of $41,666 joint and several.

What happened on appeal?

Tracy Wade filed a notice of appeal on April 4, 2025. The court denied his renewed motion to stay the jail sentence pending appeal on August 25, 2025, in an order addressing his argument that evidence of uncharged PPP applications, including one seeking $701,878, should not have been admitted.

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

Filings

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

  1. Indictment — U.S. v. C. WadeIndictment · PDF
  2. Order declaring mistrial — U.S. v. C. WadeOrder · PDF
  3. Superseding indictment — U.S. v. WadeIndictment · PDF
  4. Sentencing objections (Carolyn Wade PSR) — U.S. v. WadePDF
  5. Sentencing memorandum — U.S. v. WadeSentencing memorandum · PDF
  6. Order denying stay pending appeal — U.S. v. Wade (S.D. Fla.)Order · PDF

More documents from this docket

5 more documents from the same CourtListener docket (gov.uscourts.flsd.654266) and 9 from another CourtListener docket (gov.uscourts.flsd.670191) are in the archive but are not among the 6 filings above.

  1. Transcript - United States v. Tracy and Carolyn Wade PPP fraud case (2024-06-20)Transcript
  2. Sealed OrderOrder
  3. InformationMemorandum or brief
  4. InformationMotion
  5. InformationNotice
  6. USA Response to [134] MTD re Brady violationResponse or reply
  7. Court filingNotice
  8. InformationMotion
  9. Information
  10. InformationReport
  11. Report and RecommendationReport
  12. InformationOrder
  13. InformationMotion
  14. Motion for PreSentence Payment

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