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Mark Jermain pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud and admitted submitting three fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program loan applications from April 26, 2020, to July 16, 2021.

A Joplin, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for two fraud schemes, totaling nearly $300,000, including fraudulent loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and a so-called “transaction reversal” bank scheme.

A former bank branch manager in Kansas City, Mo., has pleaded guilty in federal court to accepting Kansas City Chiefs playoffs tickets and a new Chevrolet Tahoe in exchange for facilitating a $12.4 million Covid fraud scheme by a Jefferson City, Mo., business owner, as well as a separate fraud scheme to receive unemployment benefits.

Jacob Eldridge solicited at least 20 friends and acquaintances to file fraudulent applications for Paycheck Protection Program loans.

Brittish Williams admitted committing $564,000 worth of frauds including tax fraud, bank fraud, insurance fraud and three separate pandemic fraud schemes.

Mark Ethan Jermain received three loans totaling $730,550.

Trashunda M. Harrison submitted a total of nine fraudulent applications for Paycheck Protection program loans.

Irvin Coats and Pamela S. Hubbard fraudulently submitted applications that resulted in three loans.

Regina Brand submitted fraudulent applications for rental assistance and Paycheck Protection Program loans.