A Nigerian woman is facing a maximum of 30-year jail term in the United States for a $1.9 COVID-19 relief fund fraud. A federal jury convicted Lola Shalewa Barbara Kasali, a 24-year-old Texas resident on Wednesday for defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program of over $1.9 million in loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration…
United States Department of Justice said court documents showed that Kasali submitted two fraudulent loan applications to two different lenders on behalf of her companies, Lola’s Level and Charm Hair Extensions. The Justice Department, along with its law enforcement partners, seized the funds that Kasali fraudulently obtained.
While FHFA-OIG, SBA-OIG, and the USPIS investigated the case, Assistant Chief Jonathan Robell of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section and Trial Attorney Matthew Grisier of the Criminal Division’s Money Laundering and Asset Forfeiture Section are prosecuting the case, with assistance from Assistant U.S. Attorney Jim McAlister of the U.S. Attorney’s Office.