A Baton Rouge woman will serve time in federal prison after she used COVID-19 relief money to pay for a destination wedding.

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Woman sentenced after spending over $100K in COVID relief funds on destination wedding, jewelry

A Baton Rouge woman was sentenced to 13 months in federal prison for using $100,000 SBA pandemic relief loan for destination wedding and jewelry.

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Baton Rouge woman going to prison for using pandemic relief money for destination wedding

A Louisiana woman will serve time in federal prison after she used COVID-19 relief money to pay for a destination wedding, according to authorities.

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BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) -- A Baton Rouge woman convicted of defrauding the federal government was sentenced to 13 months in prison. Gernesia Williams, 47, was ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay $110,030.47 in restitution. The U.S. Department of Justice said Williams knowingly converted over $100,000 in COVID-19 loan funding for personal use. She allegedly misspent the money on herself and others, including spen…

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A Louisiana woman has been sentenced to 13 months in federal prison for misusing COVID-19 relief funds, according to authorities. Gernesia Williams, 47, of Baton Rouge, fraudulently obtained more than $100,000 through the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program between April 2020 and January 2023. While she pledged to use the funds as working capital for pandemic-related financial struggles, officials sa…

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Louisiana Woman Sentenced to Prison for COVID-19 Relief Fraud

47-year-old Gerneshia Williams of Baton Rouge, Louisiana was sentenced to 13 months in federal prison.

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