Olive Branch woman ordered to pay millions for COVID relief fraud

Florida man who ran for mayor pleads guilty to COVID relief fraud

A South Florida man who once ran for mayor has pleaded guilty to wire fraud after fraudulently obtaining more than $120,000 in COVID-19 relief funds through the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), according to federal prosecutors. According to a statement on Thursday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, 41-year-old Rudy Theophin of Miramar submitted a PPP loan application in June 2020 claiming his company, T…

Olive Branch woman ordered to pay millions for COVID relief fraud

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- An Olive Branch, Mississippi, woman had been ordered to pay over $3.5 million in restitution after being convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering earlier this year. On Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Michael P. Mills also sentenced Zipora Hudson to five years in prison followed by five years of supervised release, the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of …

Olive Branch woman sentenced, ordered to pay millions after PPP fraud scheme

“The sentence imposed today should send a message to those responsible for pandemic fraud that we will continue to work alongside our law enforcement partners to ensure justice is served.”

Zipora Hudson sentenced to five years and ordered to pay millions after PPP fraud scheme

OXFORD – Zipora Hudson, of Olive Branch, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Michael P. Mills to five years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering following her trial conviction in January.