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flag Jonathan Sumter sentenced to 80 months for $1.8M PPP and EIDL fraud using fake companies.

flag Jonathan Wade Sumter, 54, of Greer, South Carolina, was sentenced to 80 months in prison for orchestrating a $1.8 million fraud scheme using fake companies to obtain Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan funds during the pandemic. flag He and his twin brother Jason Sumter, along with Gerothia McCullough, submitted false applications with fabricated documents, splitting the illicit proceeds. flag Sumter’s sentence runs concurrently with a prior 92-month term for health care fraud. flag Jason received three years in prison and was ordered to pay $739,786 in restitution and forfeit property. flag McCullough was sentenced to 12 months and must pay $478,366 in restitution and forfeit a 2018 GMC Canyon. flag The case was investigated by the SBA and IRS.

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