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Three local women, including ex-mayoral hopeful Kelli Prather, charged with PPP fraud
Three Cincinnati women, including former mayoral hopeful Kelli Prather, received hundreds of thousands of dollars from federal pandemic relief funds after lying in their applications, according to federal prosecutors.
Prather, 48; Toni Wright, 34; and Melissa McGhee, 37, each stand charged with bank fraud in connection to their loan applications and could be sentenced to over 30 years in prison.
Prather applied for six Paycheck Protection Program loans — one for each of the six businesses she claimed to own: Enhanced Healthcare Solutions, Life Skills Enhancement, Prather Property Management, Reliable Ambulette Services, Rich Glo Management Services and Tots R Us.
She asked for $600,000 but only received $19,800, according to prosecutors.
According to court documents, Prather spent more than $8,000 on non-business expenses, at places like Kroger, Staples, Krispy Kreme, AAA Car Wash, and Park Place restaurant in Forest Park.
An ex-boyfriend told special agents Prather gave him a check for $8,000 for payment on a Madisonville house she bought previously then put in his name. It needed serious work and was not conducive to housing a business, he told investigators. The Kenwood Road address was used on the loan application for some of Prather's businesses.
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Democrat
Tamaya Dennard sentenced in Cincinnati City Council corruption case
By Jennifer Edwards Baker and Jared Goffinet | November 24, 2020 at 6:00 AM EST - Updated November 24 at 6:10 PM
CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Former Cincinnati City Council Member Tamaya Dennard was sentenced on Tuesday for her part in what federal authorities say is a “culture of corruption” at City Hall.
Dennard, 41, received a sentence of 18 months in prison for a wire fraud charge, Judge Susan Dlott announced.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, she won’t report to prison until March 1, 2021. Her sentence will be carried out at an all-women federal facility in West Virginia.
She will also pay a $15,000 money judgment against her and be under supervised for three years once the prison sentence is finished, according to David M. DeVillers, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio.
Originally Dennard faced more charges than just wire fraud. The bribery and attempted extortion charges were dropped.
She was arrested in February and has admitted to selling her vote for money.
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Democrat
FBI agents arrested Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld early Thursday on federal charges accusing him of accepting bribes in exchange for favorable votes on development deals.
Sittenfeld, a Democrat and the presumptive front-runner in next year’s mayoral election, becomes the third member of the city's nine-member council to be arrested this year on bribery-related charges. He's accused of bribery, wire fraud and attempted extortion and faces up to 20 years in prison if he's convicted.
Three Cincinnati women, including former mayoral hopeful Kelli Prather, received hundreds of thousands of dollars from federal pandemic relief funds after lying in their applications, according to federal prosecutors.
Prather, 48; Toni Wright, 34; and Melissa McGhee, 37, each stand charged with bank fraud in connection to their loan applications and could be sentenced to over 30 years in prison.
Prather applied for six Paycheck Protection Program loans — one for each of the six businesses she claimed to own: Enhanced Healthcare Solutions, Life Skills Enhancement, Prather Property Management, Reliable Ambulette Services, Rich Glo Management Services and Tots R Us.
She asked for $600,000 but only received $19,800, according to prosecutors.
According to court documents, Prather spent more than $8,000 on non-business expenses, at places like Kroger, Staples, Krispy Kreme, AAA Car Wash, and Park Place restaurant in Forest Park.
An ex-boyfriend told special agents Prather gave him a check for $8,000 for payment on a Madisonville house she bought previously then put in his name. It needed serious work and was not conducive to housing a business, he told investigators. The Kenwood Road address was used on the loan application for some of Prather's businesses.
Three local women, including ex-mayoral hopeful Kelli Prather, charged with PPP fraud
Three Cincinnati women, including former mayoral hopeful Kelli Prather, received hundreds of thousands of dollars from federal pandemic relief funds after lying in their applications, according to federal prosecutors.
www.wcpo.com
Democrat
Tamaya Dennard sentenced in Cincinnati City Council corruption case
By Jennifer Edwards Baker and Jared Goffinet | November 24, 2020 at 6:00 AM EST - Updated November 24 at 6:10 PM
CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Former Cincinnati City Council Member Tamaya Dennard was sentenced on Tuesday for her part in what federal authorities say is a “culture of corruption” at City Hall.
Dennard, 41, received a sentence of 18 months in prison for a wire fraud charge, Judge Susan Dlott announced.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, she won’t report to prison until March 1, 2021. Her sentence will be carried out at an all-women federal facility in West Virginia.
She will also pay a $15,000 money judgment against her and be under supervised for three years once the prison sentence is finished, according to David M. DeVillers, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio.
Originally Dennard faced more charges than just wire fraud. The bribery and attempted extortion charges were dropped.
She was arrested in February and has admitted to selling her vote for money.
Tamaya Dennard sentenced in Cincinnati City Council corruption case
She will serve her sentence at an all-women federal facility in West Virginia.
www.fox19.com
Democrat
FBI agents arrested Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld early Thursday on federal charges accusing him of accepting bribes in exchange for favorable votes on development deals.
Sittenfeld, a Democrat and the presumptive front-runner in next year’s mayoral election, becomes the third member of the city's nine-member council to be arrested this year on bribery-related charges. He's accused of bribery, wire fraud and attempted extortion and faces up to 20 years in prison if he's convicted.
'I can deliver the votes': Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld arrested on corruption charges
Sittenfeld is the third sitting Cincinnati City Council member to be arrested this year.
www.cincinnati.com
