Treva Harris sentenced to prison for $535,000 PPP fraud

Treva Harris, a 50-year-old woman from Medford, New Jersey, has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison for bank fraud involving pandemic relief funds. Harris pleaded guilty to obtaining more than $535,000 through fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) applications.

Prosecutors stated that while Harris initially provided accurate information for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan in April 2020, she submitted a second application two months later using fabricated IRS documents. In this fraudulent application for the Child Prodigy Education Center, a Philadelphia-based childcare business, she claimed the center had 27 employees and a monthly payroll of $214,000, despite the business actually having only three employees.

Following the receipt of the $535,000 loan, Harris used a significant portion of the funds for personal luxury retail purchases, large cash withdrawals, and payments to her boyfriend’s business. In addition to her prison sentence, Harris was ordered to serve three years of supervised release, pay $535,000 in restitution, a $7,500 fine, and a $100 special assessment.