SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A Shelby Township man will spend time in a federal prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) fraud scheme.
According to authorities, Samer Kammo worked with his wife, Christina Anasi, and Rita Shaba to submit fraudulent PPP applications for several businesses. They misrepresented payroll information and falsely certified that the loan funds would be used for permissible business-related purposes.
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They submitted fictitious payroll, health insurance, bank, and tax records to support the PPP loan applications.
The three reportedly used the personal identifying information of several of Kammo’s family members to commit their crimes, including that of Kammo’s own mother.
Together, they received nearly $2.5 million in fraudulent PPP loan funds.
All three were initially charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, false statements in connection with a bank loan, and aggravated identity theft.
All three pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud and bank fraud.
On Thursday, Feb. 12, Kammo was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison. He was ordered to pay $2.49 million in restitution
Shaba was previously sentenced to 27 months while Anasi awaits sentencing.