Camden County Man Admits PPP and Unemployment Fraud Schemes

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A press release of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, dated Thursday, July 18, 2024, announcing that Ralston Boswell of Collingswood, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Renee Marie Bumb to an information charging two counts of wire fraud. According to documents filed and statements made in court, from March 2021 through April 2021 Boswell submitted three fraudulent PPP loan applications and received a total of $56,250. From May 2020 through March 2021 Boswell submitted fraudulent unemployment insurance applications, including to the New York Department of Labor and the Michigan Department of Labor, and received $152,961. Each count carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

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PRESS RELEASE




Camden County Man Admits PPP
and Unemployment Fraud
Schemes
Thursday, July 18, 2024

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey


CAMDEN, N.J. – A Camden County man today admitted to schemes to submit
fraudulent Payroll Protection Program (PPP) and unemployment insurance applications,
U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Ralston Boswell, 34, of Collingswood, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District
Judge Renee Marie Bumb in Camden federal court to an information charging him with
two counts of wire fraud.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

From March 2021 through April 2021, Boswell submitted three fraudulent PPP loan
applications that falsely stated his employment and income. Based on the three
fraudulent applications, Boswell received a total of $56,250 in PPP loan funds. From May
2020 through March 2021, Boswell submitted multiple fraudulent unemployment
insurance applications, including applications to the New York Department of Labor, the
Rhode Island Department of Labor, and the Michigan Department of Labor. The
applications falsely stated the name and employment status of the application and
Boswell received $152,961 in unemployment insurance.

The counts of wire fraud each carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a
$250,00 fine. Sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 20, 2024.
U.S. Attorney Sellinger credited special agents of the Department of Labor, Office of the
Inspector General, under the direction of Jonathan Mellone, with the investigation
leading to the guilty plea.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph McFarlane of the
Camden office.

boswell.information.pdf

Updated July 18, 2024

Topic
CORONAVIRUS


Component
USAO - New Jersey

Press Release Number: 24-273


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