Federal district · prosecutions
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
32 pandemic-relief fraud prosecution records for the Northern District of Georgia, naming 26 defendants. By program: 25 PPP, 2 EIDL, 2 unemployment insurance, 3 other or unclassified. 8 have a case page in the archive. An amount is stated for 29 of them, from $46,666 to $78,000,000. Source dates run from 2021-07-22 to 2026-05-22.
Cases
26 defendants from 32 rows · 6 with a case page · sorted by amount, largest first
| Defendant | Case page | Program | Charge | Amount | Disposition | Sentence | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelitha Robertson | PPP | false claims, conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, three counts of wire fraud, and one count of money laundering Conspiracy to commit wire fraud; wire fraud (3 counts); money laundering | $78,000,000 (DOJ release) $15,000,000 (DOJ release); restitution ordered | sentenced jury trial | 87 months | 2024-06-07 | |
| Darrell Thomas | USA v. Thomas et al — Carla Jackson judgment, N.D. Ga. | PPP, EIDL PPP | conspiracy, bank fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, false statements money laundering, conspiracy, wire fraud, false statement, aggravated identity theft, bank fraud | $14,700,000 fraudulent conduct total $13,206,752.10 (DOJ release) | plea | 180 months | 2025-02-28 2022-05-19 |
| Carl Delano Torjagbo | United States v. Carl Delano Torjagbo — N.D. Ga., No. 1:22-cr-171-MLB | PPP | tax fraud, bank fraud, wire fraud, money laundering | $13,000,000 proceeds received | jury trial | 175 months | 2026-01-29 |
| Teldrin Foster | PPP | conspiracy, bank fraud, wire fraud, false statements, money laundering | $11,000,000 total fraudulent loans obtained | plea | 121 months | 2024-06-28 | |
| Ellen Corkrum | PPP | bank fraud | $7,943,591 PPP loans sought | guilty plea | 41 months | 2022-01-04 | |
| Maurice Fayne | Maurice Fayne PPP fraud case — U.S. District Court, N.D. Ga. | PPP | conspiracy, wire fraud, bank fraud, false statements | $4,465,865.55 restitution ordered | plea guilty plea | 210 months | 2021-09-15 |
| Lakisha Swope | PPP | conspiracy to defraud the program | $3,626,961 proceeds received | sentenced | 46 months | 2023-08-09 | |
| Rowlando Hatter, Jr. | UI | conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, aggravated identity theft | $3,300,000 actual loss | plea | 69 months | 2023-03-31 | |
| Kenneth L. Wright, Jr. | PPP | conspiracy, false statements, bank fraud, false statement, money laundering | $3,000,000 (DOJ release) | sentenced | 12 months | 2023-01-19 | |
| Oluwagbemiga Otufale | UI | money laundering, conspiracy | $2,600,000 (DOJ release) | sentenced | 84 months | 2023-06-14 | |
| Paul Kwak | EIDL | Conspiracy to submit fraudulent EIDL applications COVID relief fraud (EIDL) | $2,000,000 attempted $1,198,300 restitution ordered | plea guilty plea | 40 months | 2023-10-13 | |
| Jose Fernandez | PPP | submitting fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) applications, filing false tax returns using stolen identities, using credit cards he obtained with stolen identities, and check fraud | $2,000,000 obtained | plea | 70 months | 2023-06-30 | |
| Christopher Hayes | Unclassified pandemic relief | false claim | $1,500,000 (DOJ release) | sentenced | 30 months | 2021-08-03 | |
| Travis Lee Harris | PPP | wire fraud | $1,000,000 (DOJ release) $997,457 fraudulent PPP loan amount | sentenced guilty plea | 41 months 16 months | 2024-09-12 | |
| Roderick Bashon Billingslea, Jr. | PPP | identity theft, wire fraud | $591,668.89 (DOJ release) | sentenced | 30 months | 2024-08-15 | |
| Maurice Lawson | PPP/EIDL | false claims, conspiracy | $537,120 (DOJ release) | sentenced | 21 months | 2023-08-16 | |
| Boeroepae Jordan | United States v. Boeroepae Jordan — N.D. Ga., Atlanta Division, No. 1:24-cr-00304-SDG | PPP/EIDL | wire fraud | $323,433.31 (DOJ release) | sentenced | 41 months | 2025-01-17 |
| Olivia Ware | PPP | bank fraud | $323,100 proceeds received | plea | 24 months | 2022-07-22 | |
| Tracy Denise Jones | Section 8, SBA pandemic relief, Mortgage | conspiracy to commit theft of government funds, wire fraud, and credit application fraud | $282,780 improperly obtained Section 8 funds, SBA pandemic relief funds, and mortgage loan application amount | plea | 9 months | 2026-05-22 | |
| Austin Martin Siampwizi | USA v. Siampwizi — U.S. District Court, N.D. Ga., Atlanta Division | PPP/EIDL/UI/Rental assistance | identity theft, money laundering, conspiracy | $279,210.52 (DOJ release) | sentenced | 37 months | 2024-04-03 |
| Santwon Antonio Davis | Employer fraud / bank fraud | wire fraud, bank fraud | $187,550 obtained | plea | 36 months | 2021-07-22 | |
| Ashford Leon Richardson | PPP/EIDL | wire fraud | $85,000 (DOJ release) | sentenced | 30 months | 2023-06-15 | |
| Rodriquez Deonte Redding | PPP/Rental assistance | conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, money laundering, and wire fraud | $46,666 (DOJ release) | sentenced | 15 months | 2022-01-25 | |
| Harrescia Hopkins | USA v. Hopkins — U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia | PPP/EIDL | wire fraud | program-wide figure, not the defendant’s amount | sentenced | 5 months | 2023-06-16 |
| Hunter VanPelt | PPP | bank fraud | program-wide figure, not the defendant’s amount | sentenced | 41 months | 2022-01-04 | |
| Brandon Ridge | PPP | bank fraud | program-wide figure, not the defendant’s amount | sentenced | 24 months | 2021-12-08 |
Data and method
Each row is one row of the pandemic-relief sentences table, printed as that table prints it: defendant, program, charge, amount and its basis, disposition, and the date of the source the row was read from. A blank cell is a blank cell in the table. The sentence column states the months of imprisonment the table records, or the years of probation where it records no custodial term. A case page is linked only where a case page in this district names the defendant; 8 of the 32 rows do. District is the table’s own district field, resolved to this court. Rows whose district field names only a state with more than one federal district are not placed on any district page. A date the table writes in another form is restated as YYYY-MM-DD; a cell that is not a date is printed as it stands. An amount of $1 billion or more is left out — 3 rows here: those cells carry a program appropriation quoted in the source release, not a sum attributed to the defendant. Some defendants have more than one row because the table read them from more than one source.
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