Three individuals were charged Thursday with defrauding COVID-19 pandemic relief programs, allegedly laundering nearly $2 million in proceeds, according to federal authorities.
Salimot Akande of Atlanta, Garey Henderson of Marietta and Jacqueline Rollizo of Woodstock were arraigned on charges of fraud and money laundering in Atlanta, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia. They allegedly obtained approximately $1.6 million in fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program loans and additional Economic Injury Disaster Loans.
The defendants face a 38-count indictment that includes charges of bank fraud, wire fraud, bank and wire fraud conspiracy, concealment and transactional money laundering, and money laundering conspiracy…