Small Business Administration

  • Attorney Sentenced For $15M COVID-19 Relief Fraud Conspiracy

    A Georgia attorney and former City of Atlanta police officer, Shelitha Robertson, 62, was handed a sentence of seven years and three months in prison for her role in a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of approximately $15 million. Robertson, along with co-conspirator Chandra Norton, orchestrated a plot to submit fraudulent PPP…

  • Mother And Daughter Sentenced To Prison For $1.7 Million COVID Relief Fraud, They Submitted Over 300 Fake Applications

    In a case of COVID-19 relief fraud, a mother and daughter from New York have been handed prison sentences totaling $1.7 million. Andrea Ayers, a civilian employee of the Mount Vernon Police Department, received a three-and-a-half-year sentence, while her daughter, Alicia, was sentenced to two years. Alicia, who works as a financial advisor and accountant,…