MOBILE, Ala. (NBC 15) — A federal grand jury has indicted a Mobile woman accused of obtaining more than $1.15 million through fraudulent pandemic-relief loan applications and attempting to secure roughly another $1.1 million.
Ashley LaBounty, also known as Ashley Webster, is charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, 17 counts of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and three counts of engaging in monetary transactions involving criminally derived property, according to the indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Mobile.
The indictment alleges LaBounty used false and forged employee payroll records and IRS documents to submit fraudulent applications for Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan funds…