Marc Andrew Martin, PPP Loan Fraud, Pennsylvania 2025

Michigan Man Pleads Guilty to $14.5 Million PPP Loan Fraud Scheme in Western Pennsylvania

A Detroit, Michigan resident has pleaded guilty to a charge of fraud conspiracy in relation to a $14.5 million PPP loan scheme in Western Pennsylvania.

Marc Andrew Martin, 46, pleaded guilty to one count of fraud conspiracy before United States District Judge W. Scott Hardy on May 2024.

According to the court, Martin and others, including Matthew Parker, a licensed CPA from Detroit, Michigan, conspired to defraud lenders of over $14 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) COVID-19 relief loans between March 2020 and August 2021. Parker recruited hundreds of small businesses in Pittsburgh and Detroit and falsified PPP loan applications, resulting in loans totaling approximately $14.5 million to businesses. The Small Business Administration approved 226 of those applications.

Martin referred approximately $1,900,000 in fraudulent loan packages to Parker. Parker pleaded guilty to fraud conspiracy in May 2024.

Judge Hardy scheduled sentencing for July 10, 2025. The law provides for a total sentence of up to 30 years in prison, a fine of up to $1 million, or both. Under the federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed is based upon the seriousness of the offense and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant. Assistant United States Attorney Gregory C. Melucci is prosecuting this case on behalf of the government.

The United States Postal Inspection Service and Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted the investigation that led to the prosecution of Martin.

Marc Andrew Martin, the defendant, was identified as having committed the following crime: Fraud Conspiracy. The crime took place in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Martin’s exact date of pleading guilty was May 2024.

The defendant, Marc Andrew Martin, faces a possible sentence of up to 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million, or both. Martin referred approximately $1,900,000 in fraudulent loan packages to Parker, a licensed CPA from Detroit, Michigan.

The total amount of the PPP loan scheme is approximately $14.5 million, making it the largest known PPP fraud in the Western District of Pennsylvania.

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