Brigette Miller-Levy

Introduction

Brigette Miller-Levy is a 62-year-old woman from Piscataway, New Jersey, who was sentenced on July 14, 2026, to 24 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering in the Paycheck Protection Program fraud ring that obtained approximately $9.1 million in pandemic relief funds. U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Hall imposed the sentence in the District of Delaware; the announcement was published on September 14, 2026. According to court documents, Miller-Levy owned a purported business called Royal Marketing Services, Inc., conspired with tax preparer Jady Solano and consultant Carl Lawrence to submit a fraudulent PPP application built on a fabricated IRS tax form, and then recruited two more participants into the scheme, causing a total loss of $882,777.70 while personally gaining $329,100.

Background Information

The Paycheck Protection Program was created to keep workers employed and small businesses afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is the program Miller-Levy’s ring exploited. Her purported company, Royal Marketing Services, Inc., became the vehicle: the fraudulent application filed in its name falsely claimed that the business employed 14 people with an average monthly payroll of over $120,000, and it relied on a fabricated Internal Revenue Service tax form reporting more than $1.4 million in fictitious wages. The wider scheme, led by Solano and Lawrence, fraudulently obtained approximately $9.1 million in pandemic relief funds, and drew charges against eight members across two Delaware federal cases.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Convicted and sentenced. Brigette Miller-Levy pleaded guilty in the pandemic-relief fraud conspiracy and was sentenced on July 14, 2026, to 24 months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, with restitution of $882,777.70 ordered.

According to court documents, Miller-Levy conspired with Jady Solano and Carl Lawrence to submit the fraudulent PPP application for Royal Marketing Services — the 14-employee, $120,000-monthly-payroll fiction backed by the fabricated IRS form reporting over $1.4 million in fictitious wages. Rather than stopping with her own illegal payout, prosecutors said, Miller-Levy expanded the fraud ring by recruiting co-defendants Amber Baldwin and Anthony McKinzy into the scheme, connecting them to Lawrence and Solano to obtain similar fraudulent loans.

The accounting of her conduct in the scheme: Miller-Levy’s actions caused a loss of $882,777.70 to the American taxpayer, and she personally gained $329,100 — a figure that included her own loan proceeds and kickbacks from Baldwin and McKinzy. To conceal the theft, Miller-Levy and her co-conspirators laundered the stolen proceeds, funneling thousands of dollars in kickbacks to the scheme’s coordinators — the money-laundering conspiracy on which the second of her two counts rested.

Upon release from prison, Miller-Levy will be required to serve three years of supervised release, and the court ordered restitution of $882,777.70 — the full loss her actions caused. Her recruiters’ network has been working through the docket: Baldwin and McKinzy were convicted at trial and await sentencing in the related case, while Solano was sentenced to 80 months and Lawrence to 70 months as the scheme’s leaders.

Public Reaction and Consequences

U.S. Attorney Benjamin L. Wallace said: “Congress established the Paycheck Protection Program to provide critical financial relief, keeping workers employed and small businesses afloat during an unprecedented crisis. Rather than using these funds to sustain a real workforce, Brigette Miller-Levy treated the program as a personal windfall and recruited others into the conspiracy. Those who steal taxpayer dollars and recruit others to do so will spend time in federal prison.” FBI Baltimore Special Agent in Charge Jimmy Paul said her “greed and deceit are unconscionable,” adding that she and her co-conspirators “stole millions from American taxpayers by exploiting pandemic relief programs intended to help in an unprecedented crisis.” IRS Criminal Investigation’s Philadelphia Field Office Special Agent in Charge Yury Kruty said: “The imposed sentence underscores our commitment to ensuring that individuals who defraud the government for personal gain are held fully accountable.”

The case was investigated by agents of IRS Criminal Investigation and the FBI Baltimore Field Office’s Wilmington Resident Agency, and prosecuted by U.S. Attorney Wallace and Assistant U.S. Attorney Bryan C. Williamson. The Justice Department tied the prosecution to its National Fraud Enforcement Division, created April 7, which supports the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud chaired by Vice President J.D. Vance.

Current Status

Miller-Levy’s case is resolved at the sentencing stage: 24 months in federal prison imposed July 14, 2026, by Judge Jennifer L. Hall on her guilty pleas to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, followed by three years of supervised release, with restitution of $882,777.70 ordered. The sentencing announcement was published September 14, 2026, under case number 1:24-cr-109-JLH. The announcement contains no indication of an appeal.

Impact on Their Career/Life

Royal Marketing Services, Inc. — the purported business at the center of the scheme — existed on paper as a 14-employee marketing firm and in fact as the vehicle for a fabricated PPP loan, and the conviction converts that fiction into a federal fraud record under Miller-Levy’s name. At 62, she will serve two years in federal prison, then three years of supervised release, and owes $882,777.70 in restitution against the $329,100 she personally gained. Her recruiting of Baldwin and McKinzy — the fact prosecutors singled out for public condemnation — made her one of the eight members of the $9.1 million scheme, and one of the six already sentenced within it.

Sources

U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Delaware, “New Jersey Woman Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison for Role in $9.1 Million COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme,” published September 14, 2026 — source
U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Delaware, “Michigan Man Sentenced to 70 Months for Pandemic Relief Fraud,” published October 23, 2026 — source