ATLANTA, Sept. 30 -- The Georgia Attorney General issued the following news release:
CAMILLA, GEORGIA - Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that his White Collar and Cyber Crime Unit has secured the convictions of 17 individuals who fraudulently obtained nearly $500,000 in loans from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). All those prosecuted are residents of Mitchell County, Georgia.
The defendants pleaded guilty to felony charges of Theft by Taking and False Swearing and received various sentences. Each defendant was also ordered to pay back any amounts they received.
"The Paycheck Protection Program was designed to support small business owners - not criminals looking to take advantage of a global health pandemic," sai...