Complaint — No. 2:24-cv-00440 (Dkt. 1)

Summary

A civil complaint by the United States, on behalf of the U.S. Small Business Administration, against Devin Vangel in the United States District Court for the District of Maine, Case 2:24-cv-00440-JCN, 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 payment by mistake and unjust enrichment. It alleges that Vangel applied for an EIDL Emergency Advance of $10,000.00, funded on July 6, 2020, by representing a business that employed eleven people, when Vangel did not operate a business with any employees. Counts I through V follow, and the complaint is signed by Assistant U.S. Attorney James D. Concannon.

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