Indictment v — No. 3:26-cr-00205 (Dkt. 1, D. Or.)

Summary

A grand jury indictment against David Starling and Benjamin Young in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, Portland Division, Case 3:26-cr-00205-AN, filed June 9, 2026 as Document 1. Count 1 charges conspiracy to defraud the United States under 18 U.S.C. § 371, alleging that from 2020 through at least in or about October 2021 the conspirators fabricated wages paid to purported employees of businesses they controlled to obtain COVID-Related Tax Credits and to defraud the SBA in the Paycheck Protection Program and Preferred Lender/7(a) Program. It states that Young applied for PPP loans for a Utah non-profit employer, funded for $852,115 and $843,595. Counts 2-13 charge wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343, including PPP forgiveness applications, and a forfeiture allegation follows.

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