Anchor Away! Ex-TV Anchor Gets Decade in Prison for $63M Covid-Era Fraud Scheme

Anchor Away! Ex-TV Anchor Gets Decade in Prison for $63M Covid-Era Fraud Scheme

(Screengrab via YouTube) Former Phoenix news anchor Stephanie Hockridge has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for her role in one of the largest Paycheck Protection Program fraud schemes tied to a public figure. The ex-ABC15 presenter was ordered to pay nearly $64 million in restitution on Friday after a Texas federal court found she helped funnel bogus Covid-era loans through a company she co-founded with her husband, Nathan Reis. Ho…

Former News Anchor Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Pandemic Fraud

A former news anchor in Arizona who co-owned a company that defrauded a pandemic-era loan program of more than $63 million has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, the Justice Department said Friday.