Indictment — No. 1:25-cr-00056 (Dkt. 2, E.D. Mo.)

Summary

An indictment in United States v. Artis Taylor, No. 1:25-cr-00056, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Southeastern Division, filed April 1, 2025 as Doc. 2. The grand jury charges a false statement to a financial institution under 18 U.S.C. § 1014 in Count I and wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343 in Count II. It charges that on or about April 27, 2021, Taylor submitted a Paycheck Protection Program application to Benworth Capital Partners, LLC stating ownership of a small business in operation on February 15, 2020, with a false 2019 Schedule C. The indictment states that the lender transferred $19,791.00 to a bank account of Taylor and seeks forfeiture of at least that amount. The signature block names United States Attorney Sayler A. Fleming and Assistant United States Attorney Tim J. Willis.

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