Former Phoenix cop charged with PPP fraud

PHOENIX — A erstwhile Phoenix Police Department serviceman has been arrested aft allegedly fraudulently obtaining much than $1 cardinal from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

According to tribunal paperwork, Toni Richardson — a erstwhile constabulary serviceman — and Willie Mitchell submitted a mendacious PPP indebtedness exertion to get wealth for their business, "The Lotto Club."

In total, Richardson and Mitchell obtained $1,276,500 from the PPP for their concern but allegedly utilized the wealth for idiosyncratic expenses and transferred the wealth to idiosyncratic banking accounts, tribunal documents stated.

Court paperwork states that Richardson was a 100% proprietor of the concern and didn't person immoderate payroll oregon employees.

The Phoenix Police Department says Richardson is nary longer connected the force. Upon notification of the charges, officials with Phoenix constabulary accidental they "immediately began the process to terminate employment," but Richardson submitted a missive of resignation earlier the firing occurred.

It is unclear erstwhile Richardson submitted her resignation to the department.

"The metropolis of Phoenix takes allegations of transgression behaviour by our employees precise seriously," the Phoenix Police Department wrote successful a statement. "The alleged actions of this worker spell against the halfway values of the metropolis and everything we basal for arsenic nationalist servants."

Richardson faces aggregate national charges, including conspiracy, slope fraud, transactional wealth laundering and forfeiture allegation.

Richardson's lawyer did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

This communicative was primitively published by Scripps presumption KNXV successful Phoenix.