Indictment — USA v. Murphy et al (Dkt. 1, E.D. Wash.)

Summary

An indictment filed July 19, 2022 as ECF No. 1 in United States v. Stephen Lawrence Murphy and Stephanie Brock Murphy, Case 2:22-cr-00084-TOR, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, charging wire fraud (Counts 1-6) and false, fictitious, or fraudulent claims under 18 U.S.C. § 287 (Counts 7-9). The grand jury charges that from about September 11, 2020 through at least September 8, 2021 the defendants obtained PPP loans for purported businesses in their own names, a wood products manufacturer and a landscaping business, that had no record of operating as of February 15, 2020. It states each first-draw loan was for $20,833, disbursed by Fountainhead SBF LLC and Harvest Small Business Finance, LLC, and that forgiveness was later requested. The forfeiture allegation seeks a money judgment of $62,499.00.

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