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Posted on 06/23/2025 5:16:25 PM PDT by CFW
A former TV news anchor was convicted of fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief funds for small businesses through the Paycheck Protection Program.
Stephanie Hockridge, 42, a co-founder of the Scottsdale-based lender service provider Blueacorn and a former anchor at the Phoenix ABC affiliate KNXV-TV, was found guilty on Friday by a federal jury in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain tens of millions of dollars in PPP loans, according to the Department of Justice.
She was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and acquitted of four counts of wire fraud, and faces a prison sentence of up to 20 years. Her sentencing hearing is on Oct. 10.
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“Hockridge co-founded Blueacorn in April 2020 to purportedly assist small businesses and individuals in obtaining PPP loans, prosecutors proved at trial. She and her co-conspirators fabricated documents — including payroll records, tax documentation, and bank statements — to get larger loans for certain PPP applicants. Borrowers were charged kickbacks by Hockridge and her co-conspirators based on a percentage of the funds received.”
There were no guard-rails on Covid funds. Government opened the spigot and those “in the know” realized they could just put their bucket under the flow of funds and take what they wanted.
Which we already have too much of.
She deserves a spanking.
Lol, here we go!
I can almost hear all the Naughty Zoots in the background going “a spanking! A spanking!”
They should sentence her to home confinement....in my house.
She very much reminds me of a girl I once knew.
Sad to map her memory to this.
Such a naughty, naughty lass.
Film at 11.
LOL! I don’t suppose “not guilty” will ever go away. But “Naughty Zoot!” could be a funny alternative!
Naughty Zoot!
At the sentencing hearing, she can present an impassioned argument: "But, I gave more than 10% to The Big Guy!"
"Doesn't that count for something? "
C'mon, Man!
So much for “too pretty to go to prison”.
Hey, we gotta get a laugh, or this kind of blatant corruption that has gone unpunished will take a toll on us!
I am all for a laugh here!
The perp.....sorry guys she is guilty. That’s the facts of the trial.
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A little on the skinny side, and...
The face and head tilt says Nothing But Trouble Here.
Hard Pass....
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