An Ohio bakery owner received 6 years in prison for stealing a dead baby’s identity to receive $1.5 million in paycheck protection program loans to buy two out-of-state homes.
Ava Misseldine, 50, stole the identity of Brie Bourgeois, who passed in 1979 and was buried in Columbus.
Misseldine then used the name for a series of frauds in PPP loans.
She initially used the identity to obtain an Ohio ID and a social security card in 2003, and four years later, continued to use it to obtain a student pilot certificate and a passport.
She also worked as a JetSelect flight attendant under the false name, according to court filings viewed by The New York Times.
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