Indictment v — United States v. Merryman (Dkt. 1, E.D. Va.)

Summary

A grand jury indictment against David L. Merryman, Case 4:24-cr-00004-RAJ-DEM, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Newport News Division, filed January 17, 2024 as Document 1. It charges wire fraud (Counts 1-10), interference with housing under 42 U.S.C. § 3631 (Counts 11-14), interstate threats (Counts 15-16), theft of government money (Counts 17-22), false statements to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (Counts 23-26) and aggravated identity theft (Counts 27-30). The indictment alleges that Merryman, a landlord who owned rental properties in Hampton and Newport News, applied to VHDA for pandemic Emergency Rental Assistance benefits using tenants' names and forged signatures without their consent. It also alleges he took large upfront payments, harassed African American tenants and evicted them to restart the cycle.

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