Marcel Gavin, age 36, a resident of Odenton, Maryland, was indicted today for conspiracy to commit wire fraud

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U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that Marcel Gavin, age 36, a resident of Odenton, Maryland, was indicted for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371 (Count One), and wire fraud, in violation of Section 1343 (Count Two), in preparing and filing false applications for CARES Act loans. According to the indictment, between about April 19, 2021, and May 20, 2021, Gavin, Shaniqua Wilson and a third individual, Siedah Eley, recruited friends and family members to take part in a scheme to fraudulently obtain Paycheck Protection Program loan money. Gavin faces a maximum of five years on Count One and twenty years on Count Two, three years of supervised release, up to a $250,000 fine and a $100 special assessment fee per count.

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NEW ORLEANS –
U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that
MARCEL GAVIN,
age 36, a resident of Odenton, Maryland, was indicted today  for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371 (Count One), and wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343 (Count Two), for his role in preparing and filing false applications for loans related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).
According to the indictment, between about April 19, 2021, and May 20, 2021,
GAVIN,
his significant other
(Shaniqua Wilson), and a third individual, Siedah Eley, recruited friends and family members, primarily via word of mouth and text message, to participate in a scheme to fraudulently obtain money from Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans with her assistance.  They then created and electronically submitted  loan applications, that falsely claimed that each  applicant had a sole proprietorship in the beauty industry that generated substantial income from such business.
GAVIN
, Wilson, and Eley charged some of the applicants she recruited up to approximately $5,000.00, once the PPP loan was funded.  Among the individuals for whom they filed a false PPP application was a resident of Metairie, Louisiana, who was then employed with a City of New Orleans agency.
GAVIN
faces a maximum term of imprisonment of five (5) years as to Count One and twenty (20) years as to Count Two.
GAVIN
also faces three years of supervised release, up to a $250,000 fine, and a $100 mandatory special assessment fee per count.
U. S. Attorney Evans reiterated that an indictment is merely a charge and that the guilt of the defendant must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
For more information on the Department of Justice’s response to the pandemic, please visit
https://www.justice.gov/coronavirus
. Anyone with information about allegations of attempted fraud involving COVID-19 can report it by calling the Department of Justice’s National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) Hotline at 866-720-5721 or via the NCDF Web Complaint Form at
https://www.justice.gov/disaster-fraud/ncdf-disaster-complaint-form
.
U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the United States Secret Service in investigating this matter.  Assistant United States Attorney Jordan Ginsberg, Chief of the Public Integrity Unit, is in charge of the prosecution.

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