Indictment — No. 8:22-cr-00111 (Dkt. 1)

Summary

A grand jury Indictment in United States v. Brenda K. Banks, No. 8:22-cr-00111-RFR-SMB, in the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska, filed May 17, 2022. It alleges that Banks, Executive Director of Angels on Wheels, Inc. d/b/a Cross Training Center, perpetrated schemes resulting in awards of over $464,000 in grant and CARES Act funds to the organization. Counts 1-5 charge wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343 over grant disbursements from the Nebraska Environmental Trust obtained with altered check images and fictitious invoices, and Counts 6-8 charge wire fraud over Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy grants. Count 9 charges bank fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1344(2), alleging false meeting minutes and a false Corporate Resolution in support of a PPP application to Great Western Bank, after which $60,420 was disbursed on May 11, 2020.

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