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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You have got to be kidding me! LOL LOL LOL!!! OK now I know I’m in an alternate reality. How does the ice cream not immediately melt??
What’s shocking to me is when you rain free money all over the place is people take advantage of if.
OK now I know I’m in an alternate reality. How does the ice cream not immediately melt??
Then it is dumped into the deep frying fat for a short period to cook the crust, pulled out while the crust is warm and interior frozen. It is served immediately for the treat to have the warm/frozen contrast.
Thanks for your anecdote!
Of course, my question is irrelevant when it comes to facing down your superiors in smokey backrooms - superiors who won't openly say what they want you to do, but whose preferences are unmistakable.
Regards,
The couple have a one year old son
“Everybody says it was a shame / ‘Cause his mama was a-workin’ on the chain gang,”
Nonviolent should only count for a fraction. The amount stolen needs to factor way more, they destroy peoples lives.
Thanks for the link to “Mister Garfield.” It’s interesting that the Netflix program shows the deep mutual love of James and his wife “Crete” (short for Lucretia) which is stressed in the song.
Also should fsctor in way more is if it was an abuse of power, that should make it worse.
Wow that is very bizarre, crazy I thought of it. Maybe I saw it once and it was buried deep in my subconcious, but it’s like saying deep fried snow cones LOL
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