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Brandon Jackson

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The profile

A Texas man sentenced to 33 months in prison and $1,772,453 in restitution for an EIDL fraud run alongside a larger Southern District of New York PPP case. "Brandon Jackson" is a common name; this profile covers only the defendant in this case.

Identity and role

Brandon Jackson 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 35 and his home as Farmers Branch, Texas. He was charged only in the case's EIDL counts; the other four defendants were charged in its PPP counts.

The scheme and pandemic-relief role

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Jackson and Mackenzy Toussaint ran a separate scheme to submit fraudulent Economic Injury Disaster Loan applications, often in the names of synthetic identities: a fake name combined with another person's real identifying information. The office said they used Social Security numbers belonging to minors to build those identities, and that at least about $1.7 million in EIDL funds was paid out.

Loan record: the EIDL money tied to him

The December 2021 superseding indictment dates the EIDL scheme from at least May 2020 to about April 2021. It alleges that Jackson, at Toussaint's direction, created falsified documents, including bank records, to support the applications. Once loan money reached accounts in the synthetic names, it alleges, he moved it by check into a bank account he controlled, on numerous occasions depositing the checks at a branch in Manhattan.

  • Charged: added as a defendant in the superseding indictment of December 7, 2021 (S3 21 Cr. 247), which names him with Toussaint in Counts Five through Seven: wire fraud conspiracy, major fraud against the United States and aggravated identity theft. A court order of December 16, 2021 refers to him and Alvin Maxwell 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 Jackson's plea are not in the filings we have.
  • Sentenced: February 3, 2023, to 33 months in prison, with $1,772,453 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; Alvin Maxwell, 18 months and $1,696,534.63.

Where they are now (2025–2026)

Public record on this Brandon Jackson after the February 2023 sentence is limited; this profile reflects the court record and DOJ releases as of September 25, 2026.

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