Charlotte girl charged in COVID-19 mortgage fraud scheme – WSOC TV

CHARLOTTE — A Charlotte girl accused of submitting a whole lot of 1000’s of {dollars} in fraudulent COVID-19 reduction mortgage functions was indicted by a grand jury final week, based on the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace for the Western District of North Carolina.

Nkhenge Shropshire, 48, was charged with wire fraud conspiracy for attempting to get greater than $300,000 in reduction funds utilizing faux data, the indictment stated.

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Over two months in 2020, Shropshire and her co-conspirators allegedly submitted at the least 10 fraudulent Financial Harm Catastrophe Loans (EIDL) functions to the U.S. Small Enterprise Administration (SBA), based on the indictment.

EIDL advantages had been made accessible to enterprise house owners adversely impacted by the pandemic by the expanded Coronavirus Help, Aid, and Financial Safety (CARES) Act. To obtain a mortgage from this system, enterprise house owners had been required to submit income and employment data.

The indictment alleges the functions submitted by Shropshire and her accomplices had been for fictitious companies and included false data and supporting paperwork.

They tried to acquire at the least $331,072 in reduction funds, based on the indictment. A minimum of $45,000 was paid out by SBA to Shropshire and her co-conspirators on account of the scheme.

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Shropshire allegedly spent the fraudulent proceeds on private bills, together with resort stays, buying sprees, and vehicles.

Shropshire has a earlier conviction for submitting false tax returns and mendacity on a mortgage utility in 2014, based on court docket information. She acquired 33 months in jail and 5 years of supervised launch.

Officers stated she was nonetheless on supervised launch when she allegedly dedicated the COVID-19 mortgage fraud.

Shropshire is in federal custody till her preliminary look in court docket in Charlotte, the U.S. lawyer stated.

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