Matthew M. Graves U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
Kalynn Fields, a former patrol officer with the Metropolitan Police Department, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud in U.S. District Court. The charges stem from filing false information to secure $35,000 in Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. Fields' plea was overseen by Judge Trevor P. McFadden, who scheduled sentencing for June 20, 2025.
U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin, Jr., FBI Special Agent Sean Ryan of the Washington Field Office Criminal and Cyber Division, and Chief Pamela A. Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department announced the plea.
Court documents reveal that Fields used two companies she founded in May and June 2022 to apply for the loans while employed by MPD. Despite being required to report any outside business ventures per MPD policies, Fields did not disclose these activities. The companies were created solely to obtain EIDL and PPP loans without legitimate purposes, leading to numerous false statements in the applications.
The investigation was conducted by several agencies including the U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Inspector General, the FBI Washington Field Office, the Metropolitan Police Department, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Rebecca G. Ross is prosecuting the case.
