Posted on 06/08/2024 10:51:03 PM PDT by knighthawk
The former assistant city attorney of Atlanta, who was also a life advice podcaster has been jailed for seven years after fraudulently obtaining approximately $15 million in COVID relief loans.
Shelitha Robertson, 62, used the illegally gained funds to splash out on luxuries such as a 10 carat diamond ring, a Rolls Royce and a motorbike.
The former police officer had obtained the money under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a federal stimulus program that was set up during the pandemic.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
What she said in the loan documents was extraordinary, claiming she had a workforce of more than 400, meaning she was entitled to millions of dollars in handouts for each of the companies she claimed to run.
I stopped reading at Shelitha.
I had two choices and “ matriarch of a Stone Age tribe” seemed unlikely…so.
I thought the Roller that I used to service (meaning keep it running and stopping) that was owned by a Pimp painted in maroon with gold metal flake and the chrome trim replated in gold was fugly. He spent a lot of money on the exterior of the car but had yet to redo the interior. The seats reminded Me of the movie Turner and Hooch after Hooch "adjusted" the interior of the car.
I kept paper coveralls and nitrile gloves in the shop for when I had to get inside it.
“I wonder why they picked on poor Shelitha. You know she isn’t the only one.”
indeed, just one of hundreds of thousands ... but probably she was the stupidest one: the Feds are picking low hanging fruit first ...
“I think economists call such behavior Conspicuous Consumption.” Yes, but on the street (where economists are few and far between) they call it being “N-word rich.”
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Terry Pratchett also used “glamorous “ that as he wrote about them using evil elven powers to distort reality.
Also “awesome” means “inspiring awe”, doesn’t it? Not “worthy of being praised”.
Why am I not surprised? The usual suspect!
I’ll catch hell for saying it, but that haircut really suits her. PS: Her Royce was described as “Pepto-Bismol pink.”
She could have doubled the money if she had just put it in SPY.
FTA——Court documents show that Robertson falsely claimed she was responsible for a 427 employees. The number of ‘alleged staff’ in her ‘alleged companies’ allowed her to obtain enormous PPP loans, meant to keep legitimate businesses afloat through the pandemic.
The DOJ said she transferred funds to a co-conspirator, Chandra Norton, and other family members. The pair were self-serving——and had no qualms about abusing the PPP, even submitting false tax documents to back up their inflated falsified income statements w/ each loan application.
A jury convicted Robertson of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering, with the judge sentencing her to seven years and three months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
Robertson used some of the money to purchase luxury items. She is pictured in a 2015 photo wearing a pricey Chanel bracelet.
It’s quite the fall from grace for Robertson who was Atlanta’s Assistant City Attorney, had been a city cop, and ran for several public offices including a judgeship in Faniland’s Fulton County.
‘I’m dead broke,’ she said at sentencing. ‘My business is gone. My (law) license is gone. My assets are gone. The only thing I have left is my family and my faith in God. I’m not that person that tries to take advantage of anybody or any situation,’ she said. ‘I’ve owned up to what I’ve done.’
U.S. District Judge Steven D. Grimberg said the loss of the $14 million in funds was staggering. ‘It was her level of direction and confidence in being able to commit this level of fraud without being detected that instigated it in the first place,’ Grimberg said in court.
‘Motivated by greed, Robertson deceptively obtained funds that were designated to provide emergency financial relief to struggling small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic,’ said U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan. ‘
‘Today the defendant was held accountable for fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars through the Paycheck Protection Program and using those stolen funds to enrich herself, while small businesses were struggling during the pandemic,’ added Kyle Myles, Special Agent in Charge of the FDIC.
Sarcasm, obviously.
She ran a "Mommy and Me" advice podcast with her daughter, pictured above.
WHAT IS IT WITH GEORGIA & FEMALE BLACK PROSECUTORS??
That’s certainly not Halle Berry, Beyoncé, Zoe Saldana, Vivica A. Fox…
I didn’t need to actually look at her picture to know.
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