Leader of PPP Fraud Scheme Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison
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A U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Missouri press release dated 2025-06-25 announcing that U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes sentenced Renetta Golden-Larimore of Kansas City, Mo. to 51 months imprisonment on guilty pleas to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in two separate indictments. According to the release, she prepared fraudulent PPP applications for other people with counterfeit IRS forms, charging fees between $2,000 and $7,000 and earning at least $75,833. It states that approximately 43 of her false applications were funded, causing a loss to the SBA of $908,278, and that twenty-one other persons have been charged and convicted in the scheme. She was ordered to forfeit at least $75,833 and pay $908,278 in restitution.
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“Leader of PPP Fraud Scheme Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison.”
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for her leadership role in two cases that resulted in more than $900,000 in fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans being issued under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Renetta Golden-Larimore, 56, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes to 51 months imprisonment based upon her guilty pleas to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, contained in two separate federal indictments. The CARES Act established several new temporary programs and provided for the expansion of others to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Among these programs, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) authorized forgivable loans to small businesses to retain workers and maintain payroll, make mortgage interest payments, lease payments, and utility payments. Golden-Larimore admitted that from February 2021 to May 2022 she conspired with others to submit false and fraudulent applications for PPP loans. The scheme caused over $900,000 in fraudulent PPP loans to be issued to ineligible borrowers, some of which were forgiven even though the funds were not used for the purposes specified in the PPP. Golden-Larimore admitted she prepared and filed fraudulent PPP loan applications on behalf of other persons. Generally, she charged fees between $2,000 and $7,000 for her assistance in filing false and fraudulent PPP loans, earning a total of at least $75,833 from the scheme. Golden-Larimore created counterfeit IRS forms for nonexistent businesses and with inflated income for existing businesses in order to qualify the borrower for a PPP loan. Golden-Larimore prepared approximately 43 false PPP loan applications that were funded and numerous other false applications that were rejected. The total loss to the Small Business Administration was $908,278. Twenty-one other persons have been charged and convicted in the Golden-Larimore fraud scheme in these two cases and five additional cases. Golden-Larimore was ordered to forfeit to the government at least $75,833, which represents the proceeds she personally obtained from the scheme and pay $908,278 in restitution to the Small Business Administration, representing the total fraud loss associated with the wire fraud scheme. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul S. Becker. It was investigated by IRS-Criminal Investigation and the Kansas City, Mo., Police Department.
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