SOUTH CAROLINA (WSPA) — A trio accused of a $1.8 million wire fraud and money laundering scheme were sentenced to federal prison, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.
Officials said the operation was devised between between June 2020 and January 2022.
Authorities said the “ringleader,” 54-year-old Jonathan Wade Sumter, would send in applications to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) to get funding for fake or defunct companies, including:
- Living Water Outreach
- High Consulting
- Lyons Transport
- GSM Home Care
- Challenge Consulting
- Omni Holdings
Sumter’s twin brother, Jason Elijah Sumter, and Gerothia McCullough were also involved in the operation…