PITTSBURGH — Two people from Washington County have been sentenced for trying to defraud the United States government by submitting false Payroll Protection Program (PPP) loan applications totaling over $60,000.
Julia Jolly, 37, and Ethan Gordon, 30, were both sentenced to three years probation and ordered to pay back $61,852, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
Officials said Jolly and Gordon submitted false PPP loan applications. PPP loans were designed as COVID-19 pandemic relief loans administered by the Small Business Administration.
Two false loan applications were submitted, one in Jolly’s name and one in Gordon’s.
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