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Jacksonville attorney gets 75 months for COVID-19 relief scam

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A victim told the Melbourne Police Department multiple women attacked her inside her home and threatened her with a knife before abducting her 6-year-old son.

Shaquandra Woods, 41, was sentenced last week to 75 months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Georgia. She faced up to 20 years after

“Shaquandra Woods prolifically filed fraudulent applications for COVID-19 pandemic relief funds for herself and for others,” U.S. Attorney Jill Steinberg said. “With our law enforcement partners, we will continue to prosecute those who engage in such self-enriching behavior at taxpayers’ expense.” Woods, an attorney licensed in Florida and Georgia, completed at least nine applications for CARES Act funding for herself and others, fabricating and submitting false documents to support the applications, federal prosecutors said. She was successful in obtaining more than $300,000 for herself.

Amaleka McCall-Braithwaite, special agent in charge of the Eastern Region of the SBA Office of Inspector General, said the sentence sends a clear message to people who defraud these programs.

 

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