Detroit Man Sentenced to Prison and Ordered to Pay More Than $650,000 in Restitution for Role in $14.5 Million Interstate PPP Loan Fraud

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced in federal court on July 9, 2025, to 15 months of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution of $659,152 on his conviction of fraud conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.

United States District Judge W. Scott Hardy imposed the sentence on Marc Andrew Martin, 46.

According to information presented to the Court, between March 2020 and August 2021, Martin and others—including Matthew Parker—conspired to defraud lenders of over $14 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) COVID-19 relief loans. Parker, a licensed CPA from Detroit, recruited hundreds of small businesses in Pittsburgh and Detroit and falsified PPP loan applications. The Small Business Administration approved 226 of those applications, resulting in loans totaling approximately $14.5 million to businesses, the largest known PPP fraud in the Western District of Pennsylvania. Martin referred approximately $1,900,000 in fraudulent loan packages to Parker, who was sentenced in June 2025 to 24 months in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution of $14.5 million on his conviction of fraud conspiracy.

Assistant United States Attorney Gregory C. Melucci prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.

Acting United States Attorney Rivetti commended the Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States Postal Inspection Service for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Martin.