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A San Francisco woman was accused of impersonating two lawyers. Then, she got charged for PPP fraud.
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Miranda Devlin had spent her PPP funds on purchases from Bloomingdale s, Tiffany and Co. and Amazon.Kameleon007/Getty Images/iStockphoto
A woman named Miranda Martin filed for a loan with the Paycheck Protection Program. It was for her business, the Common Nucleus of Cancer for which she was bankrolled $32,700.
The only catch: Miranda Martin allegedly didn t run the LLC. She s a retired attorney. And the Miranda Martin who had filed for this application had already been arrested months earlier for impersonation.
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A person accused of pretending to be licensed lawyers in Marin County is facing more charges. Federal officials filed two counts against Miranda Devlin over the weekend for falsely applying for pandemic relief money meant for small businesses. Devlin allegedly made up an entity that supposedly had two employees on payroll when she applied. She ended up getting over $32,000 in relief funds. Back in late 2019, prosecutors accused Devlin of taking the names of two actual attorneys that had the first name “Miranda.”
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DOJ Reports San Francisco, California Woman Charged with Fraudulently Obtaining Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Pandemic Relief Funds and with Impersonating Attorneys Published: Saturday, 13 February 2021 05:53
Defendant Handled Cases In Court Under Stolen Attorney Identities And Applied Successfully For Coronavirus Relief Funds With a Fraudulent Application
February 13, 2021 - “We allege Miranda Devlin committed serial fraud,” said U.S. Attorney Anderson. “Among the schemes alleged in the complaint, Devlin used a shell
company to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program, known as PPP, out of pandemic relief funds. PPP funds provide a critically important safety net for legitimate businesses suffering real losses. Anyone considering PPP fraud should know law enforcement is watching, and federal prosecution can follow.”