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Baton Rouge Woman Used Pandemic Relief Money For Destination Wedding and DoorDash
Posted on 1/28/25 at 6:46 pm
Posted on 1/28/25 at 6:46 pm
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A Baton Rouge woman was sentenced to 13 months in federal prison for fraudulently using pandemic relief money from the U.S. Small Business Administration to pay for her destination wedding and jewelry, and more than $2,000 worth of DoorDash deliveries, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Tuesday.
Gernesia Williams, 47, was sentenced in U.S. Middle District Court in Baton Rouge where Judge Brian Jackson also ordered her to pay $110,030 in restitution and serve three years of supervised release when she gets out of prison.
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Williams pleaded guilty to "knowing conversion" of government funds, U.S. Attorney Ronald Gathe Jr., said in a prepared statement.
Between April 2020 and January 2023, Williams converted more than $100,000 in loan proceeds from the SBA's COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan program for her own use, authorities said.
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The loan was supposed to be used solely as working capital to alleviate economic injury caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, Williams spent the money on herself and others, with purchases including $30,000 worth of jewelry and a $20,000 destination wedding in Florida.
WBRZ
This post was edited on 1/28/25 at 8:01 pm
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Posted on 1/28/25 at 6:48 pm to Nolalakeview
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ordered her to pay $110,030 in restitution and serve three years of supervised release when she gets out of prison
How is she going to pay this? Sounds like she spent it all..
Posted on 1/28/25 at 6:49 pm to Nolalakeview
Gernesia sounds like when you forget the gubment money isn't supposed to be spent like that
Posted on 1/28/25 at 6:50 pm to Nolalakeview
And people think reparations will actually help 
Posted on 1/28/25 at 6:57 pm to Nolalakeview
the most outrageous part of this entire story is the wedding part.... who the frick WANTED to marry that?? 
Posted on 1/28/25 at 6:59 pm to chRxis
It’s akin to tax season IYKYK
Posted on 1/28/25 at 6:59 pm to Nolalakeview
Typical
Posted on 1/28/25 at 7:05 pm to OweO
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How is she going to pay this? Sounds like she spent it all..
Monkeypox is right around the corner.
Posted on 1/28/25 at 7:18 pm to Nolalakeview
Just the tip of the iceberg.
Posted on 1/28/25 at 7:19 pm to Nolalakeview
I’d love to know the real amount of covid relief money that was fraudulent
Posted on 1/28/25 at 7:20 pm to OysterPoBoy
Isn’t that a picture of Denise Marcelle and her grandson that got killed last week?
Posted on 1/28/25 at 7:23 pm to Nolalakeview
I know people whose businesses had their best years during COVID, yet they still filed for and received PPP loans, which they spent on boats and other things.
And of course the "loans" were forgiven.
And of course the "loans" were forgiven.
Posted on 1/28/25 at 7:28 pm to Nolalakeview
Good. I got sick of coming home from work in 2020-23 so I could see people like this B---- slapping each other in the face with slices of stuffed crust meat lover's from Pizza Hut or some shite.
Posted on 1/28/25 at 7:28 pm to Nolalakeview
Gernesia Williams…..Yep, Baton Rouge at its finest. Checks out.
Posted on 1/28/25 at 7:30 pm to Nolalakeview
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Gernesia
All I need to know.
Posted on 1/28/25 at 7:33 pm to Nolalakeview
She is low hanging fruit for some AUSA to make headlines. So many much more fraudulent things happened with that SBA CV19 money.
Posted on 1/28/25 at 7:38 pm to Butta
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Gernesia Williams
Yes it is… has absolutely nothing to do with article referenced in OP
Posted on 1/28/25 at 7:39 pm to Nolalakeview
I'm a little out of the loop with gov'ment law. Since all these loans were pretty much forgiven, would she just have to have waited just a little while til the loan was forgiven and then use it all?
Posted on 1/28/25 at 7:40 pm to Butta
quote:so she had a grandson killed and one arrested in the same week?
Isn’t that a picture of Denise Marcelle and her grandson that got killed last week?
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