Felon Sentenced for Committing Pandemic Relief Fraud While on Supervised Release

ATLANTA - Boeroepae Jordan has been sentenced to a new term in prison for defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") and Economic Injury Disaster Loan ("EIDL") program of more than $323,000, less than a year after being released from federal prison for firearms and drug crimes.

"Jordan quickly returned to his criminal activity after his release from prison, this time committing fraud to obtain money intended to help individuals and businesses who were suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic," said U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan. "This case demonstrates our continuing resolve to identify and prosecute individuals who wrongfully exploited the pandemic relief programs."

According to U.S. Attorney Buchanan, the charges and other information presented in court: On September 9, 2019, Jordan completed a 72-month federal prison sentence for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime and began a six-year term of supervised release. On April 5, 2020, Jordan applied to the U.S. Small Business Administration ("SBA") for an EIDL advance of $5,000, claiming he owned a business named A/E Multi-Diamond Entertainment Incorporated which had five employees. In reality, the business existed in name only and had no employees. Jordan requested the funds be deposited into a business bank account that he arranged for a family member to open, claiming that the family member owned the business. The SBA then deposited the $5,000 into the bank account.

The following month, Jordan applied for an SBA-guaranteed PPP loan of $291,250 for the same fake business. Jordan claimed he had 18 employees and needed the loan to continue providing payroll during the pandemic. Jordan supported the application by providing fake IRS documents and altered bank statements. Jordan received the loan into his bank account on May 20, 2020, and immediately began withdrawing cash and spending large amounts of the money at restaurants, retail stores, nail salons, and furniture stores. By July 31, 2020, less than $5,000 of the loan funds was left in the account. Jordan caused an overall loss to the SBA of $323,433.31.

Boeroepae Jordan, 51, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced to three years, five months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay restitution to the U.S. Small Business Administration in the amount of $323,433.31. Jordan was convicted on October 10, 2024, after he pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud.

This case was investigated by the U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Garrett L. Bradford and Erin N. Spritzer prosecuted the case.

On May 17, 2021, the Attorney General established the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force to marshal the resources of the Department of Justice in partnership with agencies across government to enhance efforts to combat and prevent pandemic-related fraud. The Task Force bolsters efforts to investigate and prosecute the most culpable domestic and international criminal actors and assists agencies tasked with administering relief programs to prevent fraud by, among other methods, augmenting and incorporating existing coordination mechanisms, identifying resources and techniques to uncover fraudulent actors and their schemes, and sharing and harnessing information and insights gained from prior enforcement efforts. For more information on the Department's response to the pandemic, please visit https://www.justice.gov/coronavirus

Anyone with information about allegations of attempted fraud involving COVID-19 can report it by calling the Department of Justice's National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) Hotline at 866-720-5721 or via the NCDF Web Complaint Form at: https://www.justice.gov/disaster-fraud/ncdf-disaster-complaint-form.

For further information please contact the U.S. Attorney's Public Affairs Office at [email protected] or (404) 581-6016. The Internet address for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia is http://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga.