Federal district · prosecutions
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
15 pandemic-relief fraud prosecution records for the Northern District of Texas, naming 15 defendants. By program: 13 PPP, 2 other or unclassified. 5 have a case page in the archive. An amount is stated for 13 of them, from $70,955.88 to $64,391,256.84. Source dates run from 2021-07-28 to 2025-12-18.
Cases
15 defendants · 5 with a case page · sorted by amount, largest first
| Defendant | Case page | Program | Charge | Amount | Disposition | Sentence | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Flores | United States v. James Flores — U.S. District Court, N.D. Tex., Fort Worth | PPP | a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349, that is, Conspiracy | $64,391,256.84 restitution ordered jointly and severally with Nathan Reis and Stephanie Hockridge (amended judgment) | guilty plea | 41 months | |
| Dinesh Sah | Texas Man Sentenced for $24 Million COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme — U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas | PPP | wire fraud, money laundering | $24,800,000 intended loss | plea | 135 months | 2021-07-28 |
| Steven Jalloul | Liberian National Sentenced to 10 Years for $23 Million COVID-19 Relief Fraud — USAO Texas, Northern | PPP | engaging in monetary transactions using property derived from unlawful activity | $23,000,000 attempted loss | plea | 120 months | 2022-04-21 |
| Festus Adenisimi | Mansfield Tax Preparer Sentenced in Tax and PPP Loan Fraud Schemes, Ordered to Pay $10.2 Million in Restitution | PPP | Conspiracy to Defraud the United States | $10,283,737.65 restitution ordered | plea | 57 months | 2025-03-10 |
| Tamara Starks | Woman Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for $8.5 Million PPP Fraud | PPP | wire fraud | $8,500,000 largest figure in the release | plea | 86 months | 2025-01-16 |
| Terrance Barnard | COVID-19 Testing Fraudster Sentenced to 7 Years in Federal Prison | Unclassified pandemic relief | conspiracy to commit health care fraud and aggravated identity theft | $7,000,000 scheme total (release: a $7 million COVID-19 testing fraud) | sentenced | 84 months | 2024-04-04 |
| William Paul Gray | Tulsa, Oklahoma Man Sentenced to 54 Months for $7 Million COVID-19 Testing Fraud | COVID-19 Health Care Fraud | Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud | $7,000,000 actual loss | plea | 54 months | 2023-11-30 |
| Andrew Travis Johnson | Lubbock Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for $4 Million PPP Fraud (2023-08-24) | PPP | three counts of bank fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft, and one count of engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from unlawful activity | $4,000,000 total amount of loans obtained or ordered restitution | plea | 180 months | 2023-08-24 |
| Hope Leticia Hastey | Lubbock Woman Sentenced to 30 Months in Federal Prison for Concealing PPP Loan Fraud — USAO Texas, Northern | PPP | bank fraud, identity theft | $3,545,894.36 obtained | plea | 30 months | 2023-12-18 |
| Michael Cota | United States v. Michael Cota — U.S. District Court, N.D. Tex. | PPP | $1,844,410.40 restitution ordered; probation only | guilty plea | 3 years probation | ||
| Shantelle Hawkins | Texas Business Owner Sentenced for COVID-19 Relief Fraud (2025-06-26) | PPP | false statements, conspiracy, wire fraud | $1,800,000 17 fraudulent PPP loan applications | guilty plea | 41 months | 2025-06-26 |
| Kaylee Ree Lunn | Former Bank Vice President Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison For Fraudulent PPP and EIDL Fraud Scheme | PPP/EIDL | wire fraud | $890,000 amount sought | plea | 48 months | 2025-12-05 |
| Vivian Arriaga | United States v. Vivian Arriaga — U.S. District Court, N.D. Tex. | PPP | $70,955.88 restitution ordered; probation only | guilty plea | 3 years probation | ||
| Nathan Reis | United States v. Nathan Reis and Stephanie Hockridge — N.D. Tex., Fort Worth | PPP | conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering | plea | 120 months | 2025-12-18 | |
| Stephanie Hockridge | United States v. Nathan Reis and Stephanie Hockridge — N.D. Tex., Fort Worth | PPP | conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering | jury trial | 120 months | 2025-11-24 |
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; 5 of the 15 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: 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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