Georgia woman gets prison time for COVID relief fraud
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/ZYVSH2K5RRARHATHMQZNDUO2F4.png)
Published: Jan. 10, 2022 at 5:14 AM EST
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia woman has been sentenced to serve nearly three and a half years in federal prison for fraudulently taking more than $6 million in COVID relief funds.
Federal prosecutors said in a news release that 49-year-old Hunter VanPelt of Roswell submitted six false loan applications to the Paycheck Protection Program from April to June 2020.
She requested a total of more more than $7.9 million and received more than $6 million.
Copyright 2022 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/YDKZXSJIRNEM7DL5KCLIB4NQCU.jpeg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/DI2PT6RK4VEXFKCV7GF6J6SCUE.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/3MEZG2GYSRH3TJDPBFAFBP5UCQ.jpg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/DOSJA4WILJCYFCNX2Z3GWWAJ64.jpeg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/I2BFB2TQH5HL5FPXBBAUBMMWYU.png)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/6GWL6JRHBFB6RMGHYJLOJOECXE.png)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/WCDKXTCKC5EM5AT6Y7MSA4CW2I.jpg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/5J53IQHNWZCSLL5Z5PPOLJBVYY.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/UCVMXGSLDNCQLNBFAZZXOH5CZM.png)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/YO5E5FLCIJBTDIHJU6FZ3YMV3M.jpg)