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Camden County Woman Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining 30 Loans Meant to Help Small Businesses During COVID-19 Pandemic

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The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on May 2. It is reproduced in full below.

CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced on May 1, 2023, to 60 months in prison, five years of supervised release and ordered to pay $3.18 million in restitution and forfeit $1.03 million for conspiring to fraudulently obtain 30 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) totaling more than $3 million, and to laundering the proceeds. Rhonda Thomas, 38, of Sicklerville, New Jersey, pleaded guilty by videoconference on June 28, 2022, before U.S. District Judge Karen M. Williams to an information charging her with one count of bank fraud conspiracy and one count of money laundering.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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