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Alvin Maxwell

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The profile

A Texas business owner sentenced to 18 months in prison, the shortest term of the five defendants in a Southern District of New York PPP fraud case; prosecutors said he took part in the scheme to obtain more than $1.6 million for his own business.

Identity and role

Alvin Maxwell was one of five defendants in United States v. Bella, No. 1:21-cr-00247-PAE, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, before U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer. The U.S. Attorney's Office gave his age as 46 and his home as Lancaster, Texas.

The scheme and pandemic-relief role

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Mackenzy Toussaint, Apocalypse Bella and Amos Mundendi carried out the scheme with people who owned, ran or were connected to the businesses applying for PPP loans; Maxwell was one of them. Across all the companies involved, prosecutors put the attempt at more than $30 million and the actual loss at more than $15 million.

Loan record: the PPP loan tied to him

The December 2021 superseding indictment alleges that in or about June 2020 Maxwell worked with Toussaint to submit a fraudulent PPP application for a third company, identified only as Company-3, and helped transmit it; the loan paid out more than $1.6 million.

  • Charged: added as a defendant in the superseding indictment of December 7, 2021 (S3 21 Cr. 247), which names him in Counts One through Four: conspiracy, major fraud against the United States, wire fraud conspiracy and wire fraud. A court order of December 16, 2021 refers to him and Brandon Jackson as the newly added defendants.
  • Pleaded guilty: the court's order of April 7, 2022 records that it had accepted guilty pleas from all five defendants. The date and count of Maxwell's plea are not in the filings we have.
  • Sentenced: December 6, 2022, to 18 months in prison, with $1,696,534.63 in restitution.
  • Co-defendants (DOJ): Toussaint, 90 months and $12,402,676.92 in restitution; Amos Mundendi, 42 months and $9,315,418; Apocalypse Bella, 40 months and $4,088,084.42; Brandon Jackson, 33 months and $1,772,453.

Where they are now (2025–2026)

Public record on Alvin Maxwell after the December 2022 sentence is limited; this profile reflects the court record and DOJ releases as of September 25, 2026.

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