Mobile woman pleads guilty to Covid-19 benefit fraud

MOBILE, Alas. (VALA) – Mobile woman convicted of murder-for-hire plot today pleaded guilty to defrauding the federal government of Covid-19 benefits.

Literia Hollis pleaded guilty to wire fraud. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to ask the judge to drop the money laundering charges.

Hollis admitted that she falsely represented that she was the sole owner of the hairdressing business since 2017 and that the business had gross income of $95,000 for the 2019 tax year. era Paycheck Protection Program.

Prosecutors agreed to recommend that any sentence she receives be served concurrently with her prison term in the murder-for-hire case. She is scheduled to be sentenced in this case in March.