Cameroonian Rose-Marie Nsahlai and husband stole USD2.5 million in COVID fund- Court
A US federal jury convicted the Ashburn couple on charges of conspiracy, bank fraud, and money laundering.
The court said the Cameroonian-born, Rose-Marie Nsahlai, 47, and her husband “fraudulently obtained two Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans…Nsahlai carried out the scheme in connection with two of her husband’s businesses by creating fraudulent payroll documentation for each business and then submitting that documentation in support of the PPP loan applications. The fraudulent documentation represented that her husband’s businesses had dozens of employees with over $17 million of annual payroll in 2019, when in fact they had few, if any, employees,” a statement read.
The Court further stated that Mrs. Nsahlai and her husband fraudulently obtained approximately $2,501,753 in loan proceeds, “and they then spent those funds on items unrelated to any legitimate PPP-related expense. Those items included the down payment on a 7,000-square-foot home in Leesburg. Nsahlai’s husband pleaded guilty to this scheme in 2021.”
The sister of Barrister Nsahlai, who is a complainant to several court cases against Separatists front liners in the US, faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison when sentenced on July 19.
“A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after taking into account the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.” The court said.
