Andra Shirone Thompson, 48, of Silver Spring was sentenced to one year and a day for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, according to the U.S. State’s Attorney’s Office in Maryland.
Thompson admitted to spending part of the loans he obtained fraudulently on a Lamborghini and home renovations, according to the State’s Attorney’s Office.
Thompson pled guilty to conspiring to defraud Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act loan programs and his role in a years-long scheme to defraud commercial equipment financing companies. He was also sentenced to three years of supervised released and ordered to forfeit $847,280 and pay $813,363.01 in restitution to the victims of his schemes, according to the State’s Attorney’s Office.
According to his guilty plea, Thompson admitted to participating in a conspiracy to submit fraudulent applications for Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans on behalf of companies he controlled. The companies included Alpha Bravo Tango LLC., Senergy Consulting Group Inc., and Novus Ordo Seclorum LLC.
Under the scheme, Thompson fraudulently obtained $716,375. He spent a portion of the proceeds on vehicles, including a 2014 Lamborghini Aventador, and on renovating a home in North Carolina, according to the State’s Attorney’s Office.
Thompson also joined a conspiracy to defraud equipment financing companies by submitting fraudulent invoices that falsely showed the sale of substantial quantities of computer servers and related equipment, according to the State’s Attorney’s Office.
Thompson and his co-conspirators caused borrowers to submit fraudulent invoices to lenders to support their loan applications to purchase items, according to the State’s Attorney’s Office. The co-conspirators caused more than $60 million of fraudulently induced lending across more than 350 separate loans through this scheme.
