Baltimore, MD. — A federal judge has sentenced a Baltimore woman to four years in prison for orchestrating a large-scale fraud scheme involving COVID-19 relief programs.
U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Maddox sentenced Nichelle Henson, 38, to 48 months in federal prison for bank fraud and making false statements connected to fraudulent Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) applications.
The sentence was announced by Kelly O. Hayes, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, alongside Jimmy Paul, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Baltimore Field Office…