The couple reportedly obtained nearly $2 million in fraudulent loans from both the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Impact Disaster Loan program.
ATLANTA — An Atlanta couple is set to face a U.S. district judge following, among other things, an undercover investigation from Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation agents. The two pleaded guilty to fraud that counted in the millions.
Husband and wife Tiyari Collins and Farah Collins pleaded guilty to defrauding the U.S. Small Business Administration, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of Georgia reported. Tiyari Collins also pleaded guilty to filing thousands of fraudulent tax returns.
Tiyari Collins is the owner of the Atlanta based tax-preparation business Collins Financial Services Group. The couple reportedly obtained nearly $2 million in fraudulent loans from both the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Impact Disaster Loan program.
“The fraud here is outrageous,” U.S. Attorney Kurt R. Erskine said in a press release. “Tiyrai Collins defrauded the federal government amid a historic pandemic. It is unconscionable that he and his wife stole from government programs designed to support small businesses and their employees struggling as result of COVD-19 pandemic.”
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