North Carolina woman sentenced for $85,000 pandemic relief fraud

NORTH CAROLINA — A Wake Forest woman has been sentenced to six months in prison and one year of home confinement for her role in a scheme to defraud the federal government out of COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan funds.

Sonya Lenise Davis, 57, pleaded guilty in August 2024 to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

According to court documents, Davis submitted a fraudulent application for a PPP loan for her company, Sonya’s Braiding, inflating the number of employees and income to qualify for funds she was not entitled to receive…

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