Information — United States v. Kalynn Fields, District of Columbia (Document 1)

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An Information filed February 10, 2025, as Document 1 in United States v. Kalynn Fields, Case 1:25-cr-00043-TNM, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, citing 18 U.S.C § 1343. Count One alleges that the Defendant was a Patrol Officer with the Metropolitan Police Department and that, starting in or about April 2021 and continuing until at least December 2021, the Defendant devised a scheme to defraud the United States. It alleges a Form 3508S PPP loan forgiveness application submitted on or about September 7, 2021 for a $20,000.00 PPP loan, and an EIDL application submitted on or about September 10, 2021 with a fabricated 2019 IRS Schedule C. The wire communication listed for the count is the September 10, 2021 EIDL application.

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Case 1:25-cr-00043-TNM Document 1 Filed 02/10/25 Page 1 of 4

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

v. CRIMINAL NO.

KALYNN FIELDS, VIOLATION: 18 U.S.C § 1343

Defendant.

INFORMATION

The United States Attorney charges that:

COUNT ONE

Background

1. Kalynn Fields (the “Defendant”) was employed by The Metropolitan Police

Department (“MPD”), the primary law enforcement agency for the District of Columbia. MPD

Headquarters is located in Washington, D.C. The Defendant was assigned as a Patrol Officer for

the Seventh District, which is located in the Southeast quadrant of Washington, D.C. As a Patrol

Officer, the Defendant has various responsibilities, including responding to calls to service,

conducting traffic stops, detentions, and arrests, and reporting incidents and offenses that occur in

his police service area.

2. MPD officers are sworn to “safeguard the District of Columbia and protect its

residents and visitors with the highest regard for the sanctity of human life.” MPD officers receive

training on policies that guide everyday operations. There is a policy that requires all MPD

employees to report all “outside employment” to MPD that could conflict with the execution of

their duties. This required MPD employees to fill out form P.D. 180, “Request for Approval to

Engage in Outside Employment.” This required MPD employees to report sole proprietorships.

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The Defendant was aware of the need to file the appropriate outside employment forms with the

MPD.

3. On April 13, 2021, the Defendant opened a new bank account, ending in -8199, at

Northwest Federal Credit Union (“NWFCU”) in her own name. NWFCU is a financial institution

insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

4. On May 2, 2022, the Defendant incorporated Wheels Enterprise LLC (“Wheels”)

in Maryland. The Defendant never reported this business to MPD as she was required to do.

5. On June 7, 2021, the Defendant incorporated a business in her own name, Kalynn

Fields, in Maryland. The Defendant never reported this business to MPD as she was required to

do.

The Scheme to Defraud

6. Starting in or about April 2021, and continuing until at least December 2021, the

Defendant devised and intended to device a scheme to defraud the United States, and to obtain

money and property by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises.

Manner and Means

It was part of the scheme that:

7. On or about April 13, 2020, the Defendant had someone file one PPP loan

application on behalf of her business, Kalynn Fields, containing materially false statements. The

Defendant applied for the PPP loan despite never intending to use the loan funds for a legitimate

business purpose.

8. On or about September 7, 2021, the Defendant submitted a Form 3508S, “PPP Loan

Forgiveness Application,” on behalf of Kalynn Fields for the $20,000.00 PPP loan from NWFCU

but listed the trade name of the business as Wheels Enterprise. As part of that loan forgiveness

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application, the Defendant further indicated her business was “General Freight Trucking, Long

Distance.” In fact, the Defendant did not have a freight trucking license or the necessary insurance

to run such a business. The Defendant also affirmed that she had complied with all requirements

of the PPP Program, including the eligible uses of PPP loan proceeds and the amount of PPP loan

proceeds that had to be used for payroll costs. In fact, the Defendant had not complied with the

PPP Program rules and misspent the PPP funds she received as part of her fraudulent PPP loan

application.

9. On or about September 10, 2021, the Defendant had someone submit one EIDL

application on behalf of her business, Kalynn Fields, containing materially false statements. When

the Defendant’s initial EIDL application was declined by the SBA because the Defendant did not

meet the credit score threshold, the Defendant had someone upload supplemental documents to

the SBA application portal, including a fabricated 2019 IRS Schedule C (Profit or Loss from

Business). The Defendant applied for the EIDL despite never intending to use the loan funds for a

legitimate business purpose.

10. On or about September 22, 2021, after authorizing someone to provide the SBA

with the false and misleading supplemental documents, the SBA approved the Defendant’s EIDL

application.

11. On or about September 28, 2021, the SBA deposited an initial payment of $5,000

to the Defendant’s NWFCU account ending in -8199. This brought the total balance in the

Defendant’s account to $5,005.34.

12. On September 29, 2021, the SBA deposited an additional $10,000 into the

Defendant’s NWFCU account ending in -8199. This brought the total balance in the

Defendant’s account to $15,005.34.

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13. The Defendant quickly depleted the PPP loan and EIDL funds deposited into her

NWFCU bank account ending in -8199 through various money transfers and payments for goods

and services, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, that seemingly have no legitimate

business purpose, including using the funds to pay for purchased meals at restaurants, liquor

from shops, designer shoes, and a tattoo and piercing parlor.

14. On or about the date set forth below, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, the

Defendant, for the purpose of executing and attempting to execute the above-described scheme

and artifice to defraud, and to obtain money and property by means of materially false and

fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, knowingly and intentionally transmitted and

caused to be transmitted writings, signs, signals, pictures, and sounds, by means of the following

wire communications in interstate commerce:

Approximate Date Description

September 10, 2021 Submitted Fraudulent EIDL application to
the Small Business Association

(Wire Fraud, in Violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343)

Respectfully submitted,

Edward R. Martin, Jr.
United States Attorney

By: /s/ Rebecca G. Ross
Rebecca Ross (N.Y. BAR #5590666)
Assistant United States Attorney
601 D Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20530
Rebecca.Ross2@usdoj.gov
(202) 815-8982

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