BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore woman, Lakeisha Parker, 33, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for her role in a large-scale conspiracy involving money laundering and wire fraud, including the fraudulent acquisition of COVID-19 relief funds.
U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Maddox handed down the sentence on Monday, November 17, 2025, which will be followed by three years of supervised release, including six months of home detention. Judge Maddox also ordered Parker to pay more than $8 million in restitution to the victims of the scheme.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, Kelly O. Hayes, announced the sentencing alongside officials from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General (EPA-OIG)…