A Sussex County man was indicted by a federal grand jury on charged alleging he falsified information on applications for millions of dollars in pandemic relief loans, U.S. District Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced Tuesday.
Nikenson Jean Mathurin, 44, of Sparta was indicted on three counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering Tuesday.
For over two years, from April 2020 through November 2022, prosecutors said Mathurin defrauded the federal Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan programs designed to assist business owners pay their employees when the COVID-19 pandemic forced business to close.
