Former NFL player sentenced to 3 years for COVID-19 fraud

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FILE - Chicago Bears wide receiver Josh Bellamy warms up earlier an NFL shot crippled against the Philadelphia Eagles, Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, successful Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Posted at 3:31 PM, Dec 13, 2021

and past updated 2021-12-13 16:41:57-05

A erstwhile NFL subordinate has been sentenced to much than 3 years successful situation for fraudulently obtaining implicit $1.2 cardinal successful COVID-19 alleviation funds.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Josh Bellamy pleaded blameworthy connected June 9 to conspiracy to perpetrate ligament fraud.

Court documents stated that Bellamy obtained $1.2 cardinal for his institution Drip Entertainment LLC done the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) indebtedness utilizing falsified documents and mendacious information.

Instead, helium utilized the funds to bargain jewelry and bargain a enactment astatine the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.

He present indispensable wage $1,246,565 successful restitution and $1,246,565 successful forfeiture and walk 3 years and 1 period successful prison.