Indictment — U.S. v. Jaimeka Michelle Austin et al. (W.D. Va.)

Summary

An indictment returned at the June 2024 session in United States v. Jaimeka Michelle Austin and others, No. 7:24-cr-00019-TTC-CKM, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, Roanoke Division, filed July 10, 2024 as Document 120. Count One charges Jaimeka Michelle Austin and Kiearra Desiree Gardner with conspiracy to commit wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1349 from in and around June 2020 through in or around October 2021, and Counts Two through Eighty-Two charge wire fraud. The indictment alleges that Austin advertised obtaining PPP loans for payment, with help from Gardner and a tax preparer, using fabricated Schedules C and nominal LLCs, and that at least $1.5 million in PPP funds was disbursed. Other counts cite 18 U.S.C. § 1040(a)(2), and a forfeiture notice seeks a money judgment of not less than $856,365.

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