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A Jacksonville woman has pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and conspiracy in connection with a credit scheme and fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Crystal Denean Harvell, 37, of Jacksonville, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud in connection and faces up to 20 years in federal prison on each count, along with paying restitution to the victims she defrauded and to the U.S. government. She has also agreed to forfeit $20,415, which was traced to proceeds from the PPP loan fraud. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
According to court documents, between February 2016 and September 2019, Harvell and her co-conspirators fraudulently obtained Social Security numbers to open lines of credit at various businesses. They used the credit to purchase jewelry and other merchandise, some of which Harvell resold on social media.
In April 2021, Harvell submitted a falsified PPP loan application, claiming she operated a business that did not exist. She submitted false statements about income and expenses, including a fraudulent IRS Form 1040. Based on these lies, she was approved for a $20,415 loan, which she used for personal expenses. Later, Harvell also submitted a fraudulent PPP loan forgiveness application, falsely claiming she had spent over $18,000 on payroll costs, leading to the loan’s forgiveness. --->READ MORE HERE
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A doctor has been struck off after he stole almost £52,000 from the NHS because he wanted to keep his daughters in private school.
Dr Kifayat Ullah, 41, who calls himself the ‘‘Ear Doctor’’ on TikTok, forged work time sheets claiming he was working 45 hours a week during the pandemic – when in fact he was doing just 22.5 hours.
The married father-of-two, who drove an Aston Martin with a personalised plate and was pictured on social media taking exotic holidays, said he needed cash to pay future school fees but refused to take out a loan because of ‘‘cultural issues”.
Ullah, of Hampstead, north London, who was working as a locum specialising in ear nose and throat problems at Kingston Hospital, was reported to police after NHS fraud investigators discovered he had submitted 27 fraudulent time sheets recording an additional 658 hours that he never worked.
He initially tried to cover up his wrongdoing and even tried to deflect the blame on colleagues but eventually admitted it and expressed his “profound remorse”.
At the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service, Ullah’s name was ordered to be erased from the doctors’ register after he was found guilty of serious professional misconduct.
Last January, he was sentenced to 24 months in prison, suspended for two years, and told to complete 250 hours’ unpaid work and pay compensation of £51,902.50 after he admitted using a false instrument.
He has since repaid all the stolen money.
Ullah regularly posts TikTok videos of his private work as The Ear Doctor, where he charges up to £170 for emergency call-outs and shows his affluent lifestyle which included a video of a stay in a £1,250-a-night treehouse in Hampshire with his family. --->READ MORE HEREFollow links below to relevant/related stories and resources:
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