At the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Frantz Simeon was sentenced by US District Judge Brian M. Cogan to 24 months in prison for his operation of a fraudulent scheme that used his company, First Black Enterprises, Inc., to target members of the Haitian American community in Brooklyn and Queens. As part of the sentence, Simeon was ordered to pay over $200,000 in restitution. The defendant pleaded guilty to mail fraud in February 2023.