U.S. v. Williams ERC Credit Reset

Case summary

A federal grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York indicted Keith Williams, owner of Credit Reset Me Inc., a purported credit repair business in Franklin Square, together with Janine Davis, Morais Dicks, James Hames, Jr., Jamari Lewis, Ewendra Mathurin and Tiffany Williams, also known as Joy Williams, on January 15, 2025 in No. 2:25-cr-00020, over the employee retention credit, the sick and family leave wage credits claimed on Form 941, and the Paycheck Protection Program. The indictment (Entry 1), unsealed January 22, 2025, runs to Count Fifty-Six with charges under Title 18 and Title 26 of the United States Code and forfeiture allegations; it describes two defendants as tax preparers and says Company #1 through Company #22 were companies purportedly owned by the defendants and co-conspirators and used in the fraudulent scheme. The page also carries a CourtListener docket listing: at arraignment on 1/22/2025 the defendants pleaded not guilty and release was ordered on bonds including $500,000 for Keith Williams and $1,000,000 for Janine Davis; later entries include discovery letters, bail modifications and a forfeiture order with notice to third parties under 21 U.S.C. 853(n). These are allegations. The hosted docket listing ends with a May 27, 2026 order granting a motion to modify Jamari Lewis's release conditions.