NORFOLK, Va. — A Norfolk man was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison for laundering funds obtained through a fraudulent pandemic relief scheme, federal prosecutors said.
According to court records, 39-year-old Brian Renard Manley Jr. secured $350,000 through a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) application submitted in May 2020. Manley sent information about his business to a person in Georgia, who then created fake tax documents for the application.
Prosecutors said Manley quickly transferred the money into a separate company account. The following day, he shared his spouse’s business information with the same individual, leading to a second fraudulent loan of another $350,000 issued in her name…