Posted on 11/22/2025 11:12:20 PM PST by Libloather
Disgraced ex-TV anchor Stephanie Hockridge will spend the next ten years behind bars for her role in a multi-million-dollar COVID fraud scheme – serving her time in the same cushy lockup as notorious sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.
The 42-year-old, a former Phoenix TV anchor turned entrepreneur, was sentenced in Texas federal court Friday and ordered to cough up nearly $64 million in restitution for the bogus Paycheck Protection Program loans she helped secure during the height of the pandemic, the Justice Department announced.
Hockridge, found guilty in June of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, will report to prison on Dec. 30.
She will be locked up at Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas — the same minimum-security facility that houses Jeffrey Epstein’s madam, disgraced Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes, and “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” scammer Jen Shah, AZ Family reported.
Hockridge and her husband, Nathan Reis, founded a lending-services company called Blueacorn in 2020, which they claimed was designed to help small businesses secure federal Paycheck Protection Program loans at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
But prosecutors said couple’s Scottsdale-based firm charged borrowers kickbacks based on percentage of the funds received — and submitted applications to the US Small Business Administration, which ran the PPP program, they knew where loaded with fraudulent information.
In one application, Reis reportedly falsely claimed he was a veteran and an African American.
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“..Good but can they lock up and deport all the Maine Somalis scammers??...”
Mke it happen.
Make Lewiston Maine Again!!!!
Ghislane already planning to pimp her out for cigs.
Another club med winner. Not a you and I prison.
Show them a glass of grape juice and ask them to identify it.
If they say "purple drank", they's black.
Look at her, a trusted local news anchor. I’ll hazard a guess that there are more just like her who aren’t even under suspicion yet.
With so many sociopaths running around being sociopaths, trust is becoming so “then”.
She was someone with $64 million, but she only looks like a million bucks. ;)
This lady is far from being the only covid fraudster. I heard Nancy Pelosi and her husband “Hammerhead Paulie” also participated in the fraud.
People all over the place committed fraud during covid.
LOL. Almost makes honest humans look stupid for not getting in on the fraud action.
This is how we know our society has totally broken down.
Is it even legal for a Federal authority to demand that I divulge my ancestry or ethnic background?!
Regards,
During her Marine career, the form on which “race” was declared stated declaring “race” was not mandatory. She looks “black” with dark skin and curly hair, brown eyes. She checked off “white” on the form.
The authorities would not allow her to do that. The speculation was they needed high performers like her to be “black” in order to “look” better on affirmative action or some similar program in the military.
Eventually she was allowed to check “other”.
I did not witness any of this. I may be mis-remembering some details. My friend told me of it some time ago.
How do people get this stupid? It’s like starting a business selling deep fried ice cream, the idiocy is beyond belief.
Deep fried ice cream is for sale many places, such as state fairs.
https://wistatefair.com/fair/food/deep-fried-ice-cream/
I’d rather her in there, than that child molester Ghislaine Maxwell, who got a strange deal even though child molesters are not even eligible for the “club med”.
Even if she doesn’t serve the full 10 years, the princess won’t be able handle it too well.
I started watching a fascinating Netflix show titled “Death by Lightning.” It’s about how James Garfield was selected at the Republican convention in Chicago and how his running mate Chester Arthur was selected. Arthur ran the Customs House in NYC which collected something like 70% of all federal revenue in the 1880s.
If you this this COVID corruption is bad, take a look at the NY machine and it’s looting back then.
Fascinating show. Provides some good insights.
Was it Chester Arthur who was related to Daddy Bush’s wife Barbara?
Seems I can remember something like that.
Not that it really means much other than interesting.
Maybe he identifies as African American. It makes as much sense as Men with breasts calling themselves Female.
‘he’.
LOL. Laz: “I’d hit it.”
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