A 40-year-old woman has been sentenced for her role in a fraud scheme involving over $3 million in federal loans intended for pandemic relief, according to court records filed with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Thursday.
A judge sentenced Rita Shaba of Macomb, Michigan, to 27 months in Prison and ordered her to pay just over $3.2 million in restitution. She pleaded guilty in August to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, court documents said.
The FBI and Homeland Security Investigations identified over $3.3 million in fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program loans submitted for several businesses associated with Shaba, and Shelby Township, Michigan, residents Samer Kammo and Christina Anasi, according to the criminal complaint. According to the Department of Justice, law enforcement has recovered $2.1 million of those funds…