Federal district · prosecutions
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
22 pandemic-relief fraud prosecution records for the Eastern District of Louisiana, naming 22 defendants. By program: 20 PPP, 1 unemployment insurance, 1 other or unclassified. 2 have a case page in the archive. An amount is stated for 21 of them, from $18,500 to $551,973. Source dates run from 2023-07-24 to 2026-03-11.
Cases
22 defendants · 2 with a case page · sorted by amount, largest first
| Defendant | Case page | Program | Charge | Amount | Disposition | Sentence | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton C. James | New Orleans Man Sentenced to 5 Years of Probation for Cares Act Fraud, Money Laundering and False Tax Filing | PPP/EIDL | false statements, money laundering | $551,973 largest figure in the release | sentenced | 5 years probation | 2025-05-30 |
| LYNN SCHOFIELD | 2024 03 21 Laplace Resident Sentenced To Twelve Months For Preparing And Submitting 4f0e7200 | PPP, EIDL, CARES Act | conspiracy to commit wire fraud | $282,650 fraudulently obtain | guilty plea | 12 months | 2024-03-21 |
| Bashir Schofield | Laplace Resident Sentenced Probation For Defrauding Cares Act Financial Assistance Program | PPP/EIDL | wire fraud (18 U.S.C. 1343) | $282,650 approximate loss to the SBA caused by the conspiracy | plea | 4 years probation | 2024-03-07 |
| JAZMIN J. BOUGERE | Former LWC Subcontractor Sentenced to 6 Months for Cares Act Fraud and Theft | UI/PUA | theft of government funds | $275,000 total losses connected to fraudulent UI claims and other fraud | plea | 6 months | 2025-07-24 |
| Dent Hunter | New Orleans Man Sentenced for Cares Act Fraud | PPP, EIDL | false statements, money laundering | $272,000 $122,100 PPP loan plus $149,900 EIDL obtained; restitution "approximately over $1 million" | plea | 5 years probation | 2025-07-10 |
| Munira Schofield | 2024 08 28 Laplace Resident Sentenced For Role In Preparing And Submitting Fraudule 506be66c | PPP/EIDL | conspiracy to commit wire fraud | $219,000 approximate loss to the SBA | plea | 4 years probation | 2024-08-28 |
| Tamika Chappell | 2024 09 03 New Orleans Woman Sentenced For Cares Act Fraud False Statements To The 8be4201d | PPP | false statements | $210,274 restitution to the SBA (release; total restitution $484,908 includes IRS, SSA and a bank) | sentenced | 2024-09-03 | |
| Siedah Eley | United States v. Siedah Eley — U.S. District Court, E.D. La. | PPP | conspiracy to commit wire fraud | $166,656 PPP loan fraud proceeds | plea | 5 years probation | 2023-10-26 |
| Nathaniel Hopkins, Jr. | Social Security, COVID-19 relief | theft of government funds (18 U.S.C. 641) | $147,376.43 received (release: approximately $144,176.43 in Social Security benefits designated for his late wife plus $3,200.00 in COVID-19/CARES Act stimulus funds from her bank account) | guilty plea | 3 years probation | 2025-02-19 | |
| Nipun Desai | 2025 06 02 California Man Sentenced To 12 Months And One Day For Federal Cares Act 5351cd42 | PPP | making false statements (CARES Act) | $146,947.50 fraudulently obtained PPP loan | guilty plea | 13 months | 2025-06-02 |
| Irvin C. Francois, III | Man Sentenced for Cares Act Fraud and Money Laundering | PPP | making false statements, money laundering | $144,790 PPP loan proceeds received | plea | 3 years probation | 2026-03-05 |
| Shaniqua Page Wilson | Shaniqua Page Wilson, age 33, a resident of Laurel, Maryland, was sentenced on April 24, 2024 | PPP | conspiracy to commit wire fraud (18 U.S.C. 371, 1343) | $104,160 loss to the SBA (approximately, per release) | plea | 4 years probation | 2024-04-30 |
| Linda Triggs | Marrero Woman Sentenced in Cares Act Fraud Investigation | PPP/CARES Act | false statement, false statements | $64,065 obtained (release: false statements to obtain approximately $64,065.00 for PPP loans; restitution the same) | plea | 3 years probation | 2025-11-18 |
| Dondre Morgan | United States v. Dondre Morgan — U.S. District Court, E.D. La. | PPP | $55,945 attributed amount / restitution | guilty plea | 10 months | ||
| Tracie L. Mixon | Hammond Woman Sentenced to Two Years for Cares Act Fraud | PPP | False statements related to the CARES Act | $31,000 largest figure in the release | plea | 24 months | 2025-05-30 |
| BRANDI WEBER | Former Louisiana Resident Pleads Guilty to Cares Act Fraud and Sentenced to Probation | PPP/CARES Act | false statements | $29,177.50 CARES Act fraud | plea | 2023-07-24 | |
| BRIA PETERS | Texas Resident Sentenced for Cares Act Fraud | PPP | making false statements related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) | $29,166 loan proceeds received | plea | 5 years probation | 2024-01-18 |
| Julio A. Gonzalez, Jr. | Chalmette Man Sentenced for Cares Act Fraud | PPP | false statements (18 U.S.C. 1001) | $20,832 PPP loan received (release: "approximately $20,832.00") | plea | 3 months | 2024-03-12 |
| Dequarius Hamler | Dequarius Hamler, Age 38, of Tangipahoa Parish — Sentenced on March 6, 2026 to 135 Months Imprisonment | PPP | conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana; distribution of methamphetamine and cocaine; making false statements to the Small Business Administration; conspiracy to launder monetary instruments | $19,000 proceeds received | plea | 135 months | 2026-03-11 |
| TEMIKA SANTEMORE | Houston Woman Sentenced to 4 Months of Probation for CARES Act Fraud and Theft of Government Funds | PPP/EIDL | making false statements, theft of government funds | $18,540 fraudulently obtain approximately $13,540 in pandemic-related relief loans and $5,000 for a dormant business | plea | 0.33 years probation | 2023-12-18 |
| ERNEST X. TAYLOR, JR. | Louisiana Man Sentenced to 84 Months for Cares Act Fraud | PPP | two counts of making false statements related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) | $18,500 largest figure in the release | sentenced | 84 months | 2025-11-21 |
| Sharnae Every | Former Louisiana Woman Sentenced for Preparing More Than 110 Fraudulent PPP Loans Totaling Over $1.1 Million — Sharnae Every, New Orleans | PPP | Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud | guilty plea | 41 months | 2025-11-20 |
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; 2 of the 22 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 — 1 row 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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