United States of America v. Justin Heimbach

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with six counts of mail fraud and four counts of wire fraud.

Justin Heimbach, 34, of Bath, Pennsylvania, operated a construction company called TeamKJ Construction, and engaged in a scheme that caused fraudulent PUA applications to be filed in the names of individuals allegedly no longer employed by TeamKJ as a result of COVID-19. In reality, the applications contained a number of materially false statements, including that the applicant had lost their job with TeamKJ as a result of COVID-19 and the date the applicant lost their job with TeamKJ due to the pandemic.

In addition, Heimbach successfully defrauded multiple Lehigh Valley car dealerships by purchasing vehicles in the names of other construction companies registered to or associated with him, and writing checks for those vehicles on bank accounts that had an insufficient balance to cover the transaction.

The defendant is scheduled to be sentenced on June 11, 2026.

This case was jointly investigated by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General, and FBI Philadelphia’s Allentown Resident Agency and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney S. Chandler Harris.

The Defendant elected to plead guilty.