AT THIS TIME. NEW TONIGHT, A WOMAN WILL SPEND TWO YEARS IN PRISON FOR STEALING PANDEMIC RELIEF MONEY. 40 YEAR OLD LASHONDA ALEXANDER WAS LIVING IN CINCINNATI BACK IN 2020. FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS SAY SHE LIED ABOUT HER INCOME TO GET ALMOST $100,000 IN GOVERNMENT FUNDS. FEDERAL FINANCIAL INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT SHE USED THAT MONEY TO BUY A NEW CAR AND MOVE TO TEXAS. SHE WAS CONVICTED OF THREE COUNTS OF WIRE FRAUD A
Feds: Former Cincinnati resident sentenced for fraudulent loan applications
Updated: 5:49 PM EST Jan 29, 2025
A former Cincinnati resident was sentenced Wednesday after being convicted of submitting fraudulent COVID-19 relief loan applications.Lashawnda Alexander, 40, was found guilty on three counts of wire fraud after a jury trial last August. She was sentenced to two years in prison on Wednesday.Investigators said Alexander applied for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan meant for businesses and filled in her business’s name on the application as “Lashawnda Alexander,” on June 23, 2020.She allegedly said that the business employed 10 people and had $125,000 in gross revenue prior to Jan. 31, 2020.Then, minutes later, Alexander was accused of filling out another business loan application in the name of a family member, claiming that the business employed 10 people and had $120,000 in revenue.The next day, on June 24, investigators said Alexander filled out a third business loan for a business titled “TressD LLC,” which she said employed 15 people and made $175,000 in revenue the prior year.In total, between the three loans, Alexander applied to obtain $137,500, of which she received $91,000.Federal investigators said Alexander bought a Mercedes Benz SUV and moved to Texas, while continuing to collect pandemic unemployment assistance from the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services.
A former Cincinnati resident was sentenced Wednesday after being convicted of submitting fraudulent COVID-19 relief loan applications.
Lashawnda Alexander, 40, was found guilty on three counts of wire fraud after a jury trial last August. She was sentenced to two years in prison on Wednesday.
Investigators said Alexander applied for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan meant for businesses and filled in her business’s name on the application as “Lashawnda Alexander,” on June 23, 2020.
She allegedly said that the business employed 10 people and had $125,000 in gross revenue prior to Jan. 31, 2020.
Then, minutes later, Alexander was accused of filling out another business loan application in the name of a family member, claiming that the business employed 10 people and had $120,000 in revenue.
The next day, on June 24, investigators said Alexander filled out a third business loan for a business titled “TressD LLC,” which she said employed 15 people and made $175,000 in revenue the prior year.
In total, between the three loans, Alexander applied to obtain $137,500, of which she received $91,000.
Federal investigators said Alexander bought a Mercedes Benz SUV and moved to Texas, while continuing to collect pandemic unemployment assistance from the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services.
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