Photo credits: Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office
U.S. government prosecutors allege that a Charlotte, North Carolina woman went on spending sprees, arranged hotel stays, and purchased automobiles using federal COVID-19 relief funds she obtained via deception.
According to a grand jury indictment handed down on March 24, Nkhenge Shropshire (pictured) and unidentified co-conspirators fabricated information on at least ten applications for the Economic Disaster Relief Loans program.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office of North Carolina’s Western District is working on this case.
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Between July and September 2020, Shropshire and her co-conspirators submitted applications to the Small Company Administration using fictitious business names and other fraudulent information, US Attorney Dena King stated in a press release.
The suspects attempted to get at least $331,000 from the SBA, which paid Shropshire and others at least $45,000 before investigators uncovered the plot. All of this is chronicled in federal court documents.
The Charlotte Observer claimed that Shropshire and her attorney, Steven Meier, were unavailable for comment on March 22. Shropshire is being held in federal jail until her first court appearance, prosecutors said. Her court appearance has not been scheduled. Shropshire was convicted in 2014 of submitting fake tax returns and submitting misleading statements on a loan application. Additionally, court papers demonstrate this.
Source: NC Woman Federally Indicted For Fraudulently Obtaining & Using COVID-19 Relief Funding
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