D.C. Pastor Used $3.5 Million in Fraudulent PPP Loans to Buy Himself a Tesla, FBI Says

By Victor Omondi
According to recently released court filings, a pastor in Washington, D.C. allegedly made fraudulent applications to the Paycheck Protection Program for $3.5 million, received the loans, and used them to buy himself a Tesla, among a number of other personal purchases.
The PPP is a program introduced by the federal government to encourage revenue-losing businesses to keep their workers on payroll amid business closures during the coronavirus pandemic.
Rudolph Brooks Jr. from Maryland and pastor at Kingdom Tabernacle of Restoration used the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act to allegedly acquire a $1.5 million loan from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office released a statement indicating that Brooks used the loan funds for his own purposes instead, and not as indicated in the application documents.

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