The Brief
- April Watson, 50, faces a 10-count federal indictment charging her with fraudulently obtaining over $680,000 in pandemic relief funds.
- Prosecutors allege Watson used fake tax forms and payroll summaries to secure PPP and EIDL loans, spending over $114,000 to help build a Cedar Hill home.
- If convicted, Watson faces decades in federal prison, while authorities are seeking a full money judgment and forfeiture of the Cedar Hill property.
DALLAS – A federal grand jury has returned a 10-count indictment charging a North Texas woman with defrauding pandemic emergency relief programs out of more than $680,000, federal authorities announced.
North Texas woman indicted
What we know:
April Watson, 50, also known as “April Watson Horton” and “April Shawnette Watson,” is charged with four counts of wire fraud, two counts of bank fraud, and four counts of engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity.
Watson made her initial court appearance on Oct. 23.…