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Atlanta prosecutor is jailed for stealing $15m of Covid funds
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]… and using the cash to buy diamond rings and a Rolls Royce.The former assistant city attorney of Atlanta, who was also a life advice podcaster, has been jailed for seven years after fraudulently obtaining approximately $15 million in COVID relief loans. Shelitha Robertson, 62, used the illegally gained funds to splash out on luxuries such as a 10 carat diamond ring, a Rolls Royce and a motorbike. The former police officer had obtained the money under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a federal stimulus program that was set up during the pandemic. But only weeks before she was imprisoned, Robertson was still gleefully appearing on her daughter's 'Mommy & Me' podcast in which the pair would give their advice on dealing with the world - including advising listeners on how to earn money though hard work and 'integrity'. But Robertson didn't follow her own advice and decided to make her money through deception, submitting one false loan application after another to the COVID relief scheme claiming she needed the cash to support four businesses she owned. What she said in the loan documents was extraordinary, claiming she had a workforce of more than 400, meaning she was entitled to millions of dollars in handouts for each of the companies she claimed to run. The DOJ also said she transferred funds to a co-conspirator, Chandra Norton, and other family members. The pair had no such qualms about abusing such a scheme, even submitting false tax documents to back up their inflated income statements within each loan application. A jury convicted Robertson of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering, with the judge sentencing her to seven years and three months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Robertson will be almost 70 by the time she's released from prison, leaving her influencer daughter Brii, who has over 600,000 Instagram followers, without a podcast partner. Related: Shelitha Robertson 01/06/2024 Major Democrat Just Found Guilty – She's Going Down for 1 Major Crime Against Taxpayers Shelitha Robertson 12/21/2023 Former city attorney, police officer found guilty of spending PPP funds on Rolls Royce, jewelry Posted by: Skidmark 2024-06-10 |
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