USA v. Thomas et al

  1. May 16, 2024

    Ga. Judge Cites 'Exemplary Life' In 3-Year PPP Fraud Sentence

    A Georgia woman convicted earlier this year of helping to launder the proceeds of a pandemic loan fraud scheme was hit with a three-year prison sentence on Thursday by a federal judge, who noted the woman has otherwise led an "exemplary life," warranting a sentence lower than what prosecutors had sought.

  2. February 29, 2024

    Ga. Man Convicted In $11M PPP Fraud Case Wants New Trial

    An Atlanta man convicted on dozens of charges stemming from an $11 million pandemic loan fraud scheme has asked a Georgia federal judge for a new trial.

  3. February 15, 2024

    Ga. Jury Convicts PPP Fraudsters In $11M Case

    A Georgia federal jury found a man and woman guilty on Thursday of involvement in a sprawling Paycheck Protection Program loan fraud scheme that defrauded the government of more than $11 million.

  4. February 14, 2024

    Man 'Knew The Shit Was Wrong,' Jury Told As Fraud Trial Ends

    Federal prosecutors hoping to score convictions in a vast pandemic loan fraud operation told jurors on Wednesday that not only had an Atlanta man on trial worked with the scheme's ringleader to file loan applications with forged tax records, but admitted to the FBI that he "knew the shit was wrong" all along.

  5. February 13, 2024

    'She Didn't Ask, And I Didn't Tell,' Ex Says Of Fraud Scheme

    Both federal prosecutors and defense counsel for a Georgia woman accused of using her small business to hide hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegally obtained pandemic loans agreed Tuesday that her ex-husband was not just a philanderer, but a fraudster to boot.

  6. February 07, 2024

    Spouses Ran PPP Fraud In Secret, Ga. Defendants Tell Jury

    A Georgia man and woman standing trial for charges that they helped orchestrate a scheme to illegally obtain $11 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans were unwittingly implicated in the fraud by their respective spouses, the defendants' lawyers told a federal jury Wednesday.

  7. February 06, 2024

    Ga. Loan Fraud Trial Begins With Defendant Still At Large

    A Georgia federal trial over an alleged multi-million-dollar Paycheck Protection Program fraud scheme began belatedly on Tuesday, even as one of the case's three defendants remained unaccounted for after he skipped the trial's planned start date on Monday.

  8. February 05, 2024

    AWOL Defendant Puts Ga. Pandemic Loan Fraud Trial On Hold

    A Georgia federal judge put on ice a trial that was planned to begin Monday after one of the three defendants accused of taking part in a multimillion-dollar pandemic loan fraud scheme failed to show up in court and now has federal marshals on his trail.