Two former Metropolis of Miami Police Division workers pled responsible to their involvement in separate COVID-19 aid fraud instances.
Case of Haslem
On March 6, Sheana Haslem, 38 who was previously a Miami Police Staffing Specialist, pled responsible to wire fraud in connection along with her fraudulent purposes for a Paycheck Safety Program (PPP) mortgage and an Financial Damage Catastrophe Mortgage (EIDL) advance, earlier than U.S. District Choose Kathleen M. Williams.
In response to the details admitted on the change of plea, in July 2020, Haslem submitted a fraudulent EIDL software to the U.S. Small Enterprise Administration (SBA), claiming to be an unbiased contractor and the 100% proprietor of a hair and nail salon enterprise working underneath her personal identify.
That EIDL software falsely licensed that for the 12-month interval previous to January 31, 2020, Haslem’s enterprise had gross revenues of roughly $89,993 and 15 workers. On account of this fraudulent software, Haslem obtained from the SBA a $10,000 EIDL advance.
She additionally submitted one other fraudulent software and obtained a $20,832 PPP mortgage from an SBA-approved lender.
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Haslem is scheduled for sentencing on Could 28, earlier than Choose Williams in Miami, Florida, the place she faces a most sentence of twenty years in jail.
She is the sister of Miami Warmth legend Udonis Haslem, the longest-tenured participant in franchise historical past.
Case of Carter
In the same case, on February 13, 2024, former MPD Public Service Aide Keandra Carter, 35, pled responsible earlier than Choose Williams to wire fraud in connection along with her fraudulent software for a PPP mortgage.
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In response to the details admitted on the change of plea, in April 2021, Carter, who was working as a full-time Miami Police Division Public Service Aide, submitted a false and fraudulent PPP mortgage software claiming to be a sole proprietor working a enterprise underneath her personal identify.
That PPP mortgage software falsely and fraudulently represented that her sole proprietorship’s 2019 gross earnings was $1,100,000. On account of this false and fraudulent software, Carter obtained a $20,833 PPP mortgage from an SBA-approved PPP lender based mostly in Pennsylvania.
Carter is scheduled for sentencing on Could 2, earlier than Choose Williams in Miami, the place she faces a most sentence of as much as 20 years in jail.
U.S. Lawyer Markenzy Lapointe for the Southern District of Florida, Particular Agent in Cost Jeffrey B. Veltri of FBI, Miami Subject Workplace, and Particular Agent in Cost Amaleka McCall-Brathwaite, SBA Workplace of Inspector Normal (SBA OIG), Investigations Division’s Japanese Area, introduced the responsible pleas.
