Complaint — No. 1:24-cv-00441 (Dkt. 1)

Summary

A civil complaint by the United States, on behalf of the U.S. Small Business Administration, against Antoinette Avery in the United States District Court for the District of Maine, Case 1:24-cv-00441-KFW, filed December 18, 2024 as Document 1. It seeks treble damages and civil penalties under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-33, civil penalties under FIRREA, 12 U.S.C. § 1833a, and recovery for unjust enrichment and payment by mistake. It alleges that Avery misrepresented annual income and payroll costs to obtain PPP loan 1540198900 for $20,833.00, approved April 26, 2021, and that the loan was forgiven in the total amount of $20,985.97 on January 21, 2022. Counts I through V follow, and the complaint is signed by Assistant U.S. Attorney James D. Concannon.

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