社区学院教授虚假申请15万美元疫情贷款认罪：谎报雇员人数与营业收入
位于北卡罗来纳州 Cumberland County 的 Fayetteville 市一宗疫情贷款诈骗案11月2日有新进展：44岁的 Pamela Humphrey 是 Robeson County 居民、在 Fayetteville Technical Community College 任教的教授，她当天在联邦法院就共谋电信诈骗一罪认罪。
据司法部公布，Humphrey 为其位于 Robeson County 的一门生意提交虚假的小企业局（SBA）经济伤害灾难贷款（EIDL）申请，骗取15万美元。她在申请中就生意的雇员人数与营业收入作了虚假陈述；申请获批后，SBA 把贷款打入了由她本人控制的个人账户。
联邦检察官 Ellis Boyle 表示，政府虽然已经停止发放动辄数十亿美元的宽松疫情贷款，他领导的办公室仍保持警惕、追究诈骗者责任，骗取纳税人钱财的人会被查出、被定罪，并在服刑期间退还赃款。
认罪由联邦治安法官 Robert Jones 受理。Humphrey 面临最高30年监禁、100万美元罚款，并须偿还150,000美元的没收金钱判决，量刑定于今年晚些时候。
案件由联邦调查局（FBI）与国税局刑事调查处（IRS-CI）查办，案号7:26-CR-49-FL。
（来源：美国司法部）
Community College Professor Pleads Guilty to Stealing $150,000 Through a False Covid Loan Application
A Covid loan fraud case in Fayetteville, a city in Cumberland County, North Carolina, advanced on November 2: Pamela Humphrey, 44, a Robeson County woman who works as a professor at Fayetteville Technical Community College, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
According to the Justice Department, Humphrey engaged in a scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration's Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program by submitting a false loan application to steal $150,000. She made false representations in the application for a business located in Robeson County, including the number of employees and the gross revenue of her business. Following approval of the loan application, the SBA disbursed the funds into a personal account controlled by Humphrey.
"While the government stopped doling out billions in easy Covid loans, this office remains vigilant to hold fraudsters accountable," said U.S. Attorney Ellis Boyle. "Any person who steals taxpayers' dollars can expect us to find them, investigate them, and convict them. Then they will pay it back while in prison."
U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert Jones accepted the guilty plea. Humphrey faces a maximum term of 30 years in prison, a $1,000,000 fine, and a forfeiture money judgment of $150,000, with sentencing set for later this year.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) investigated the case, No. 7:26-CR-49-FL.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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图片来源：图：位于北卡罗来纳州 Lumberton 的 Robeson County 法院。DiscoA340 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Robeson County Courthouse in Lumberton, North Carolina. By DiscoA340, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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