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Sherril Baez

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The profile

A Freeport, New York woman charged in the $14.7 million Glenroy Walker PPP scheme who pleaded guilty in October 2024 to misprision of a felony. She was sentenced to six months in prison and $22,363.50 in restitution.

Identity and role

Sherril Baez, 50 when charged, of Freeport, New York, was one of six people arrested on June 6, 2023, when a criminal complaint was unsealed in United States v. Walker, No. 7:23-cr-00662 (S.D.N.Y.). The complaint charged her with conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution. On October 8, 2024, she waived indictment and pleaded guilty to a one-count superseding information (S3) charging misprision of a felony (18 U.S.C. § 4), the offense of concealing a known felony instead of reporting it. It carries a lower maximum sentence than the conspiracy charge.

The scheme and pandemic-relief role

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Glenroy Walker and Howard Levy submitted more than 100 fraudulent PPP applications between July 2020 and February 2022, often with phony bank statements and tax documents. The office said Baez took part by applying for her own purported businesses, recruiting other applicants and paying Walker and Levy kickbacks. Her restitution, $22,363.50, is the smallest in the five public judgments against the six defendants.

  • Charged: criminal complaint unsealed June 6, 2023; superseding information (S3), October 8, 2024.
  • Pleaded guilty: October 8, 2024, before U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel, to misprision of a felony.
  • Sentenced: February 4, 2025, to six months in prison, one year of supervised release and $22,363.50 in restitution, with a surrender date of April 4, 2025 (judgment entered February 6, 2025).

Where they are now (2025–2026)

Her six-month term was set to begin on her April 4, 2025 surrender date. We found no later public record of her.

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