Retired Massachusetts State Police Sergeant Sentenced for PPP Fraud
Summary
A press release dated July 27, 2026 in which United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Boston Division, announced that retired Massachusetts State Police Sergeant Damian Halfkenny, 54, of Boston, was sentenced on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to one year of probation, a fine of $5,000, restitution of $21,333 and forfeiture of $21,333. The release states that Halfkenny was charged in April 2026 with one count of wire fraud. It states that in March 2021, while employed full-time as a Sergeant earning $160,378 per year, he submitted a PPP loan application for his real estate business that falsely represented a monthly payroll expense of $8,488, supported by a fabricated IRS Schedule C. The SBA issued, and later forgave, a $21,220 PPP loan.
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- U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts
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- Press release
- Date
- 2026-07-27
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“Retired Massachusetts State Police Sergeant Sentenced for PPP Fraud.”
U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts, dated 2026-07-27. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/doj-usao-ma-press-release-retired-massachusetts-state-police-sergeant-d29879c7f8/
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BOSTON – A retired Sergeant for the Massachusetts State Police was sentenced on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, for fraudulently obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan, which was later forgiven. Damian Halfkenny, 54, of Boston, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to one year of probation. The defendant was also ordered to pay a fine of $5,000, restitution in the amount of $21,333 and forfeiture of $21,333. In April 2026 , Halfkenny was charged with one count of wire fraud. In 2021, Halfkenny was employed full-time as a Sergeant with the Massachusetts State Police earning $160,378 per year. He also owned and rented several real estate properties in Boston. In March 2021, Halfkenny submitted a PPP loan application for his real estate business, falsely representing that he had a monthly payroll expense of $8,488. In support of this application, Halfkenny provided a fabricated IRS Schedule C. Based on his misrepresentations, the U.S. Small Business Administration issued Halfkenny, and later forgave, a $21,220 PPP loan. United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine Wichers of the Public Corruption & Special Prosecutions Unit prosecuted the case.
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