Former Phoenix police officer sentenced in fraud case, ordered to pay $1 million in restitution
Ex-Arizona official fraudulently filed for Paycheck Protection Program money and received $1.2 million
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A former Phoenix police officer has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $1 million in restitution in a fraud case.
Authorities said Toni Richardson was sentenced Monday after being arrested last year for submitting a fraudulent application to receive financial assistance from the federal government during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Richardson was indicted in December and resigned from the police force before the department could fire her.
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Toni Richardson, former police officer in Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced on Sept. 19, 2022, after submitting a fraudulent application to receive PPP money.
Prosecutors said Richardson and a co-defendant filed a false application for Paycheck Protection Program loan money for their business that allegedly employed 85 people and had a monthly payroll of $510,000.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Court records show the business had no employees or payroll and the defendants improperly spent the more than $1.2 million they were allocated through the government program.
Prosecutors said Richardson must serve three years of probation after completing her prison term.