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   https://nypost.com/2025/11/23/media/disgraced-ex-news-anchor-stephanie-   
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   ghislaine-maxwell/   
      
   Disgraced ex-TV anchor Stephanie Hockridge will spend the next ten years   
   behind bars for her role in a multi-million-dollar COVID fraud scheme –   
   serving her time in the same cushy lockup as notorious sex trafficker   
   Ghislaine Maxwell.   
      
   The 42-year-old, a former Phoenix TV anchor turned entrepreneur, was   
   sentenced in Texas federal court Friday and ordered to cough up nearly $64   
   million in restitution for the bogus Paycheck Protection Program loans she   
   helped secure during the height of the pandemic, the Justice Department   
   announced.   
      
   Hockridge, found guilty in June of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, will   
   report to prison on Dec. 30.   
      
   She will be locked up at Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas — the same   
   minimum-security facility that houses Jeffrey Epstein’s madam, disgraced   
   Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes, and “Real Housewives of Salt Lake   
   City” scammer Jen Shah, AZ Family reported.   
      
   Hockridge and her husband, Nathan Reis, founded a lending-services company   
   called Blueacorn in 2020, which they claimed was designed to help small   
   businesses secure federal Paycheck Protection Program loans at the height   
   of the COVID-19 pandemic.   
      
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   But prosecutors said couple’s Scottsdale-based firm charged borrowers   
   kickbacks based on percentage of the funds received — and submitted   
   applications to the US Small Business Administration, which ran the PPP   
   program, they knew where loaded with fraudulent information.   
      
   In one application, Reis reportedly falsely claimed he was a veteran and   
   an African American.   
      
   In total, they processed more than $63 million in bogus PPP loans,   
   according to the DOJ.   
      
   The PPP was an $800 billion federal loan initiative launched in 2020 to   
   help small businesses keep workers employed during the COVID-19 pandemic.   
      
   Investigators alleged that the couple used the proceeds to enrich   
   themselves personally.   
      
   The former KNXV-TV anchor claimed that her actions were a “sincere effort   
   to support small businesses” in navigating a chaotic government problem   
   during an era of “unprecedented need.”   
      
   But a congressional report found that Blueacorn routinely failed to   
   properly vet applicants and charged illegal “success fees” to borrowers —   
   violating Small Business Administration rules.   
      
   The report also detailed how Blueacorn’s leadership instructed staff to   
   prioritize speed over accuracy.   
      
   Reis took a plea deal in August and will be sentenced in December.   
      
   Hockridge spent seven years as an anchor at KNXV-TV, the ABC affiliate in   
   Phoenix, and had previously worked as a reporter for CBS News Radio in   
   London.   
      
   She was nominated for an Emmy and named “Favorite Newscaster” by Arizona   
   Foothills Magazine.   
      
   Her conviction marks one of the highest-profile PPP fraud cases to date   
   involving a public figure.   
      
      
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