A man from Buford is one of six men indicted for fraudulently obtaining roughly $1.5 million in loans with the Paycheck Protection Program.
Tabronx W. Smith, 43, of Buford was charged in an indictment filed in the Northern District of Georgia with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, false statements to a financial institution, and money laundering. He is charged along with Rodericque Thompson, 43, of Atlanta; Micah K. Baisden of Doraville; Travis C. Crosby, 31, of Wellford, South Carolina; Keith A. Maloney, Jr., 33, of Port Wentworth, and Thomas D. Wilson, 30, of Atlanta.
Five others have already pleaded guilty to being involved in the scheme.