Affidavit — U.S. v. James Joseph Cohen (D. Mass.)

Summary

An affidavit of FBI Special Agent Matthew Fitzgerald Martensen in support of an application for a complaint charging James Joseph Cohen with bank fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1344, filed September 27, 2021 as Document 1-1 and carrying the case header 1:22-cr-10147-RWZ in the District of Massachusetts. It alleges that between approximately April 2020 and January 2021 Cohen submitted six false applications for COVID-19 relief loans for SARC Inc. and Ceromaze Inc. that misstated revenues or payroll. The affidavit states that the SBA disbursed EIDL loans of $149,900 to each company plus cash advance grants, and that four PPP loans from North Shore Bank and Newburyport Bank totaled $880,942. It lists uses of the funds including $123,000 to American Express and $101,000 for a residence mortgage and taxes. It was sworn before Honorable Marianne B. Bowler, United States Magistrate Judge.

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