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26 pandemic-relief fraud prosecution records for the Southern District of West Virginia, naming 26 defendants. By program: 23 PPP, 3 unemployment insurance. 18 have a case page in the archive. An amount is stated for 26 of them, from $10,616 to $9,289,579.10. Source dates run from 2022-11-17 to 2026-04-24.

Cases

26 defendants · 18 with a case page · sorted by amount, largest first

DefendantCase pageProgramChargeAmountDispositionSentenceDate
Ross Jay BaileyUnited States v. Ryan Bailey and RKB, Inc. — U.S. District Court, S.D. W. Va.PPP/EIDLfalse claims$9,289,579.10
(DOJ release)
sentenced2026-04-24
Ryan Keith BaileyUnited States of America v. Ryan Bailey and RKB, Inc. — S.D. W. Va., Beckley Division, No. 5:24-cv-00456PPPtheft of government money$2,166,517.40
obtained
sentenced14 months2025-09-16
United States v. Ryan Keith BaileyUnited States of America v. Ryan Bailey and RKB, Inc. — S.D. W. Va., Beckley Division, No. 5:24-cv-00456PPP/EIDL$2,166,517.40
parsed from local README/SUMMARY excerpt
14 months
Mark William BaileyPPP, EIDLtheft of government monies$2,110,032
obtained
plea5 years probation2024-10-28
Kisha SuttonUnited States v. Kisha Sutton — S.D. W. Va., No. 2:24-cr-00192PPPaiding and abetting bank fraud; aiding and abetting money laundering$140,625
conspiracy_total
trial24 months2026-01-20
Damisha BrownDamisha Brown — United States v. Sutton et al, S.D. W. Va., No. 2:24-cr-00192PPPconspiracy to commit bank fraud$140,625
obtained
plea2025-12-09
Jasmine SpencerPPPbank fraud$140,625
(DOJ release)
sentenced2025-08-21
William PowellPPPconspiracy, bank fraud$140,625
(DOJ release)
sentenced2025-08-14
Tanisha WoodingPPP, EIDLtheft of government money$101,204.31
theft of government money
sentenced10 months2026-01-09
Krista Marie MenchacaUnited States v. Krista Marie Menchaca — S.D. W. Va., Charleston, No. 2:25-cr-00068PPPreceipt of stolen money$93,100
attempted
plea3 years probation2025-08-12
Alexis RansomUnited States v. Alexis Ransom — U.S. District Court, S.D. W. Va.PPP, UIwire fraud$69,000
obtained
plea5 years probation2023-01-10
Jessica NutterUnited States v. Jessica Nutter — docket filings, S.D. W. Va.PPP$50,000
(DOJ release)
sentenced2024-11-21
Malik BreckenridgeUnited States v. Breckenridge — U.S. District Court, S.D. W. Va., CharlestonPPPwire fraud$41,666
obtained
plea5 years probation2022-11-17
Christopher GrantUnited States v. Christopher Grant — U.S. District Court, S.D. W. Va.PPP, UIconspiracy to steal public money, property or records$35,168
obtained
plea5 years probation2024-11-25
Lydia SpencerUnited States v. Lydia Spencer — U.S. District Court, S.D. W. Va.PPPconspiracy to commit bank fraud$31,250
COVID-19 relief loans
plea4 months2024-07-25
Gary LomaxUnited States v. Gary Lomax — U.S. District Court, S.D. W. Va.PPP, UItheft of public money, property or records$29,592
obtained
plea5 years probation2024-11-19
Scott ChristieUItheft of public money, property or records$24,338
proceeds received
sentenced4 years probation2025-01-13
Anna Marie OmarUnited States v. Anna Marie Omar — U.S. District Court, S.D. W. Va.PPPmoney laundering$20,833
proceeds received
plea5 years probation2025-02-10
Tiffany BowlinUnited States v. Tiffany Bowlin — S.D. W. Va., Charleston, No. 2:22-cr-00205PPPwire fraud$20,833
proceeds received
plea5 years probation2023-05-04
Sean Patrick Boyd Jr.PPPreceipt of stolen money$20,832
proceeds received
plea5 years probation2024-02-21
Tamir PrattTamir Pratt PPP case — U.S. District Court, S.D. W. Va.PPPreceipt of stolen money$20,832
loan amount
plea2 years probation2023-09-28
Aalik WilsherPPPreceipt of stolen money$20,459.33
obtained
plea3 years probation2023-08-09
Imeesha BradleyUnited States v. Imeesha Bradley — U.S. District Court, S.D. W. Va.PPPreceipt of stolen money$18,703
actual loss
plea5 years probation2024-01-09
Calvin ButlerCalvin Butler PPP fraud case — U.S. District Court, S.D. W. Va.PPPwire fraud$16,040
proceeds received
plea5 years probation2023-05-18
James LomaxUnited States v. James Lomax — U.S. District Court, S.D. W. Va.UItheft of public money, property or records$13,312
obtained
plea3 years probation2025-08-12
Joshua LambertUI/PUAconspiring to steal public money, property or records$10,616
unemployment compensation benefits
plea6 months2024-07-22

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; 18 of the 26 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.

Court hub: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia — every filing in the archive from this court, with the case pages it holds.

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