Indictment — USA v. Paulino (Dkt. 1, D. Mass.)

Summary

A grand jury Indictment in United States v. Francisco E. Paulino, Criminal No. 26cr10231, Case 1:26-cr-10231-JEK, in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, filed August 25, 2026. Counts One through Eight charge wire fraud and aiding and abetting under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 2, and Counts Nine through Eleven charge unlawful monetary transactions under 18 U.S.C. § 1957. The indictment alleges that Paulino, owner of Madison Tax, LLC and Madison Mortgage, Inc., filed a PUA claim in a relative's name without the relative's knowledge, supported by fabricated IRS documents, and that the DUA paid PUA benefits totaling $44,160. It also alleges that Paulino's EIDL application for Jackson Enterprise, Inc. falsely reported gross revenues of $426,755, leading to an EIDL of $136,700.

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