Two women are facing years behind bars for orchestrating a bank fraud and money laundering scheme that took advantage of the US government’s Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).
The Justice Department says Kisha Sutton of Jersey City and Shamiese Wright of Charleston, West Virginia, have been found guilty of aiding and abetting bank fraud and aiding and abetting money laundering.
The duo conspired to obtain a fraudulent $15,625 Paycheck Protection Plan (PPP) loan on behalf of Wright…