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   An Oklahoma woman who was part of a scheme to scam more than $32   
   million from a Covid relief fund designed to keep businesses   
   afloat pleaded guilty Wednesday, federal prosecutors said.   
      
   Amanda J. Gloria, 45, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit   
   bank fraud and money laundering, the Justice Department said in   
   a statement.   
      
   She was charged in June with helping a New York man get a loan   
   for close to $1 million with the Paycheck Protection Program,   
   using faked payroll and other documents.   
      
   She also submitted and got around $421,000 from the pandemic   
   relief program using a trucking business that she owned but that   
   hadn’t been active since 2017, according to the Justice   
   Department and court documents associated with the $1 million   
   case.   
      
   The Justice Department said Gloria admitted Wednesday that she   
   conspired to submit at least 153 fraudulent PPP applications on   
   behalf of 111 entities from May 2020 to June 2021.   
      
   The entities unlawfully got around $32.5 million in PPP funds,   
   and she got $1.7 million, the Justice Department said in a   
   statement. Gloria admitted that she faked and helped falsify the   
   information in the claims and then submitted them herself or   
   assisted, it said.   
      
   Gloria’s attorney didn’t immediately respond to a request for   
   comment Wednesday night.   
      
   Documents relating to the guilty plea didn’t appear to be online   
   Wednesday night.   
      
   In the $1 million case, Gloria conspired with Adam Arena of   
   Little Valley, New York, to file for a $954,00 PPP loan that was   
   purported to go to Arena’s business.   
      
   The loan was granted, even though Arena's auto group business   
   didn’t have any employees and hadn’t been active since 2018.   
   Arena then paid Gloria around $24,000, court documents in his   
   case say.   
      
   Arena pleaded guilty in November to one count of conspiracy to   
   commit bank fraud and to another count that deals with   
   transactions of money obtained illegally, according to the   
   Justice Department.   
      
   The Paycheck Protection Program offered forgivable loans as part   
   of Congress’ massive Covid-19 relief program, first passed in   
   2020. It was intended to help businesses stay afloat during the   
   pandemic.   
      
   It was part of the CARES Act, which Congress passed in March   
   2020, when the pandemic shuttered businesses, schools and large   
   parts of the rest of everyday life in the U.S.   
      
   Gloria, who is scheduled to be sentenced July 20, faces up to 40   
   years in prison, the Justice Department said.   
      
   Arena hasn’t yet been sentenced. Prosecutors have asked for a   
   sentence of at least 63 months, or five years and three months,   
   according to court documents in his case.   
      
   https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oklahoma-woman-pleads-   
   guilty-32-million-covid-relief-fraud-rcna23345   
      
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