A Waxahachie woman who allegedly defrauded pandemic-era financial programs out of more than $1.2 million has been federally charged, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
Annette Bryant, 63, was indicted last Tuesday on one count of wire fraud, eight counts of making false statements to a bank, and one count of engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from unlawful activity. She made her initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Toliver on Monday.
According to the indictment, Ms. Bryant – the sole owner and operator of a number of limited liability companies, including Processing Services, Inspirational Tax Services LLC, Neighborhood TX Inspections LLC, JJ&JJ Remodeling and Roofing LLC, and JAM Business and Tax Services – fraudulently applied for and obtained six Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans totaling $848,586 and four Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EDIL) Program loans totaling $359,500. She also allegedly attempted to obtain two additional PPP loans worth $411,160 that were never funded.
The indictment alleges that Ms. Bryant included false statements in PPP loan applications submitted to financial institutions administering PPP, including InterBank, Comerica, Regions Bank, and others. She allegedly inflated her businesses’ employee counts, inflated their payroll, and even lied about the number of businesses she owned. She also allegedly included false statements in EIDL loan applications submitted to...
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