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32 pandemic-relief fraud prosecution records for the Eastern District of Michigan, naming 32 defendants. By program: 11 PPP, 20 unemployment insurance, 1 other or unclassified. None has a case page in the archive. An amount is stated for 25 of them, from $11,880 to $7,703,549. Source dates run from 2021-07-13 to 2026-02.

Cases

32 defendants · 0 with a case page · sorted by amount, largest first

DefendantCase pageProgramChargeAmountDispositionSentenceDate
DeAngelo Jackson-PortwoodUI/PUA/PPP/EIDLconspiracy to commit wire fraud; aggravated identity theft$7,703,549
restitution ordered		guilty plea61 months2025-2026
James MayfieldUIconspiracy, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, identity theft$6,920,388
attempted		plea30 months2024-01-16
Kenny Lee HowardUI/PUAconspiracy to commit wire fraud; aggravated identity theft$6,300,000
actual loss		guilty plea94 months2025-03-13
Steven van WareUI/PUA$6,000,000
total scheme loss		sentenced15 months2025-10-01
Daniel HoltUI/PUAconspiracy to steal Pandemic Unemployment Insurance benefits$4,800,000
more than $4.8 million		sentenced24 months2024-12-03
Cheikh SeneUI/PUAconspiracy to steal pandemic unemployment insurance benefits$4,800,000
joint and several restitution		sentenced36 months2024-10
Daveontae WhiteUI/PUAConspiracy to Steal Pandemic Unemployment Insurance Benefits$4,800,000
joint and several		sentenced24 months2024-10
Jaylin QuallsUI/PUAConspiracy to steal Pandemic Unemployment Insurance Benefits$4,800,000
loss amount		sentenced12 months2024-10
Armani HallerUI/PUApandemic UI fraud conspiracy$4,800,000
restitution ordered		sentenced24 months2024-09
Day'on HoltUI/PUApandemic UI fraud conspiracy$4,800,000
restitution ordered		sentenced32 months2024-09
Laron StroudUI/PUApandemic UI fraud conspiracy$4,800,000
restitution ordered		sentenced18 months2024-09
Marcellus DunhamUI/PUApandemic-related unemployment insurance (UI) fraud; additional financial fraud schemes$4,800,000
actual loss		sentenced102 months2024-09
Terrance Calhoun Jr.UI/PUAUI fraud/identity theft$4,000,000
restitution ordered		guilty plea52 months2025-10-23
Robert LampkinUIdrug conspiracy; stealing pandemic unemployment assistance$2,100,000
stolen funds		sentenced180 months2024-01-24
Brenden LockridgeUIUI fraud; identity theft (co-defendant with Robert Lampkin meth conspiracy)$2,100,000
restitution ordered		guilty plea72 months2024-01-16
Michael CurrieERCconspiracy to commit mail & wire fraud$1,811,471
restitution		guilty plea41 months2024-11-25
Jermaine RoseUIconspiracy, wire fraud, identity theft, false statements$1,500,000
pandemic-related unemployment insurance fraud scheme		guilty plea24 months2022-07-21
Michael BischoffPPPbank fraud, money laundering$931,000
attempted		plea32 months2021-09-14
Tracey DotsonUI/PUAwire fraud; conspiracy to commit wire fraud$930,000
actual loss		guilty plea51 months2025-02-19
Ryan T. CarruthersPPP/EIDLwire fraud, false statements$851,963
proceeds received		plea27 months2023-12-06
Darrell BakerPPPbank fraud, money laundering, false statements$590,000
loan amount		plea24 months2021-07-13
Antonia BrownUIunemployment insurance fraud scheme$549,000
plea agreement accountability		guilty plea21 months2024-02-06
Christopher NiebelUI, PUAone count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft$512,000
obtained		plea63 months2024-05-30
Semaje ReffigeeUIconspiracy to commit wire fraud$313,000
pandemic-related unemployment insurance benefits		guilty plea18 months2023-07-18
Mykia KingUIwire fraud, aggravated identity theft$11,880
(DOJ release)		plea34 months2022-08-10
Christopher LindsayUI/PUA/PPP/EIDLconspiracy to commit wire fraud; aggravated identity theftguilty plea3 years probation2026-02
Timothy BoyleUI/PUA/PPP/EIDLconspiracy to commit wire fraud; aggravated identity theftguilty plea3 years probation2026-02
Tyrone BoyleUI/PUA/PPP/EIDLconspiracy to commit wire fraud; aggravated identity theftguilty plea3 years probation2026-02
Adartha TillmanUI/PUA/PPP/EIDLconspiracy to commit wire fraud; aggravated identity theftguilty plea40 months2025-2026
Anton GreenwoodUI/PUA/PPP/EIDLconspiracy to commit wire fraud; aggravated identity theftguilty plea42 months2025-2026
Taurean DavisUI/PUA/PPP/EIDLconspiracy to commit wire fraud; aggravated identity theftguilty plea12 months2025-2026
Maurice Brown-PortwoodUI/PUA/PPP/EIDLconspiracy to commit wire fraud; aggravated identity theftguilty plea22 months2025-03-13

Data and method

Each row is one row of the pandemic-relief sentences table, printed as that table prints it: defendant, program, charge, amount and its basis, disposition, and the date of the source the row was read from. A blank cell is a blank cell in the table. The sentence column states the months of imprisonment the table records, or the years of probation where it records no custodial term. A case page is linked only where a case page in this district names the defendant; 0 of the 32 rows do. District is the table’s own district field, resolved to this court. Rows whose district field names only a state with more than one federal district are not placed on any district page. A date the table writes in another form is restated as YYYY-MM-DD; a cell that is not a date is printed as it stands. An amount of $1 billion or more is left out: those cells carry a program appropriation quoted in the source release, not a sum attributed to the defendant. Some defendants have more than one row because the table read them from more than one source.

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