Bakery owner sentenced to 6 years for stealing dead baby’s identity to get $1.5M in pandemic loansBy Alyssa Guzman
August 9, 2023
An Ohio bakery owner received 6 years in prison for stealing a dead baby’s identity to receive $1.5 million in paycheck protection program loans to buy two out-of-state homes.
Ava Misseldine, 50, stole the identity of Brie Bourgeois, who passed in 1979 and was buried in Columbus.
Misseldine then used the name for a series of frauds in PPP loans.
She initially used the identity to obtain an Ohio ID and a social security card in 2003, and four years later, continued to use it to obtain a student pilot certificate and a passport.
She also worked as a JetSelect flight attendant under the false name, according to court filings viewed by The New York Times.
JetSelect is a private company based in Columbus.
As the pandemic rolled around and so did the relief loan program, Misseldine, who owned a bakery at the time, used her fake identity and her real name to gain financial relief through the PPP program.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/08/09/former-ohio-bakery-owner-sentenced-to-6-years-for-stealing-babys-identity-to-get-1-5m-in-pandemic-loans/
