Shaniqua Page Wilson, age 33, a resident of Laurel, Maryland, was sentenced on April 24, 2024

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A U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana press release dated 2024-04-30 announcing that U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo sentenced Shaniqua Page Wilson of Laurel, Maryland on April 24, 2024 to four years of probation, $104,160 in restitution to the SBA and a $100 special assessment, after her guilty plea to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. According to the release, between about April 19, 2021 and May 20, 2021 Wilson and Co-Conspirator 1 recruited friends and family and submitted PPP applications falsely claiming beauty-industry sole proprietorships with substantial income. The release states that approximately five (5) applications, including for themselves and relatives, caused an approximate loss of $104,160; Co-Conspirator 1's separate case remains pending.

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NEW ORLEANS –
U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that
SHANIQUA PAGE WILSON (“WILSON”),
age 33, a resident of Laurel, Maryland, was sentenced on April 24, 2024, by United States District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo to four years of probation after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371 and 1343. The charges stem from
WILSON’s
role in preparing and filing false applications for loans related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). Judge Milazzo also ordered
WILSON
to pay $104,160 in victim restitution to the Small Business Administration as well as a $100 mandatory special assessment fee.
According to court documents, between about April 19, 2021, and May 20, 2021,
WILSON
and Co-Conspirator 1,
recruited friends and family, primarily via word of mouth and text message to join their fraudulent scheme to obtain money from Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans.
WILSON
and Co-Conspirator 1 then created and electronically submitted loan applications. These loan applications falsely stated that the applicant had a sole proprietorship in the beauty industry that generated substantial income. Co-conspirator 1
charged some applicants up to approximately $5,000.00 once the PPP loan was funded. Co-conspirator 1 was indicted separately for his role in the offense in September 2023; his matter remains pending.
Between about May 4, 2021, and May 5, 2021,
WILSON
and Co-conspirator 1 prepared and submitted approximately five (5) fraudulent PPP loan applications, including for themselves and their relatives, that resulted in an approximate loss of $104,160 to the United States Small Business Administration and other designated financial institutions. Among the individuals for whom
WILSON
and Co-conspirator 1 prepared and filed false PPP applications was Co-Conspirator 5, a resident of Metairie, Louisiana who was then employed by a City of New Orleans agency.
For more information on the Department of Justice’s response to the pandemic, please visit
https://www.justice.gov/coronavirus
. Anyone with information about allegations of attempted fraud involving COVID-19 can report it by calling the Department of Justice’s National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) Hotline at 866-720-5721 or via the NCDF Web Complaint Form at
https://www.justice.gov/disaster-fraud/ncdf-disaster-complaint-form
.
U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the United States Secret Service in investigating this matter. Assistant United States Attorneys Jordan Ginsberg, Chief of the Public Integrity Unit, was in charge of the prosecution.

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