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Date: 09-22-2022

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United States of America v. Travis Crosby

Case Number: 1:21-cr-00011

Judge: Leigh Martin May

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (Fulton County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office

Defendant's Attorney:



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Description: Atlanta, Georgia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining a $300,000 forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

Travis Crosby, 32, of Wellford, conspired to submit a PPP loan application on behalf of Crosby’s company, Faithful Transport Services LLC (Faithful Transport). The loan application falsely inflated the number of employees and average monthly payroll for Faithful Transport, inducing a larger PPP loan than Crosby could legitimately obtain. Crosby and a co-conspirator also caused the submission of a forged tax document to support the false statements in the loan application. Crosby then engaged in a series of sham transactions with various individuals to make it appear that he was paying them payroll for work at Faithful Transport when, in reality, these individuals returned the vast majority of the funds to Crosby.

Crosby was convicted of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, making a false statement to a bank, and money laundering. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 10, 2023, and faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, and making a false statement to a bank, and 20 years for money laundering. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

Crosby is the 11th defendant to be convicted as part of the Justice Department’s prosecution of a $3 million, Atlanta-based PPP fraud ring. Previously, 10 other members of the scheme were charged by the Fraud Section and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia. All other defendants pleaded guilty prior to trial. To date, authorities have recovered approximately $1.2 million of the stolen money.

Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan for the Northern District of Georgia; Assistant Director Luis Quesada of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division; Special Agent in Charge Amaleka McCall-Brathwaite of the U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Inspector General (SBA-OIG); and Special Agent in Charge Mark Morini Jr. of the U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) made the announcement.

The FBI Atlanta Field Office; the SBA-OIG; and the TIGTA investigated the case.

Trial Attorney Matthew Reilly of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Huber for the Northern District of Georgia are prosecuting the case and Trial Attorney Michael P. McCarthy of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Diane D. Schulman for the Northern District of Georgia provided significant assistance.

Outcome: Defendant was found guilty.

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