CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Logan County woman has been charged with wire fraud, after being accuse of fraudulently obtaining pandemic loans.
Alexis Ransom is charged in federal court. According to court records, Ransom submitted false applications for Paycheck Protection Program loans to the Small Business Administration for businesses she claimed to operate. Authorities say those businesses, named Renae’s Fashion Consulting and Mommy and Me Boutique, either did not exist or did not produce enough income to qualify for the loans.
Ransom received more than $42,000 from the loans. In addition to being charged with wire fraud, prosecutors are seeking for force Ransom to repay the money she received from the loans.
No hearings have yet been set in the case.
