Chandler Wilson Carroll (Little Rock Soiree)
A Little Rock businesswoman who used fraudulent funds to purchase many items, including a home on the White River in Baxter County, was sentenced in federal court Thursday. Chandler Wilson Carroll will spend 24 months in federal prison after admitting to fraudulently obtaining nearly $2.1 million in federal loans designed to assist businesses during the COVID pandemic. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Alica D. Corder, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Little Rock Field Office, announced the sentence, which was handed down Thursday by United States District Judge D.P. Marshall, Jr.
On July 8, the 33-year-old Carroll of Little Rock, pleaded guilty to superseding information charging her with one count of wire fraud. The single count was in reference to a fraudulently obtained $1.6 million Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. In her plea agreement, Carroll admitted to receiving federal payments from a total of four fraudulent loans totaling just over $2 million. Of that total, $159,572 has been recovered and Carroll has been ordered to pay the remaining restitution in the amount of over $1.9 million. Judge Marshall also sentenced Carroll to two years’ supervised release…