Indictment — No. 5:23-cr-00108 (Dkt. 1)

Summary

A grand jury Indictment in United States v. Sirdell McCullough and others, No. 5:23-cr-00108, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, filed May 10, 2023. It alleges that the defendants are members or associates of a Shreveport street gang that refer to themselves as Step or Die or SOD. Count One charges conspiracy to commit wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1349 from on or about April 2020 until November 6, 2021, alleging PPP and EIDL applications for non-operational businesses with false payroll and revenue figures and fabricated tax forms. It alleges that the defendants collectively obtained approximately twenty-nine (29) fraudulent loans worth approximately $600,000 and attempted approximately forty-two (42) more worth approximately $2,200,000. Counts 2 - 30 charge wire fraud, each tied to a listed loan deposit.

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