Tag: Robeson County
Phillip Collins, Covid Loan Fraud, North Carolina 2023
⏱ 2 min read Phillip Collins, a 47-year-old man from Robeson County, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to stealing over $170,000 in fraudulent Covid loans. Collins submitted false loan applications to the Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan and Paycheck Protection Program, resulting in the disbursement of $170,833 in loan proceeds. The crime occurred in…
Ricky McMillian, Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, North Carolina 2023
⏱ 3 min read A Robeson County Sheriff’s deputy and three of his family members – his wife and two sons – ran a brazen scheme to steal over half a million dollars in Covid relief money, federal prosecutors revealed this week. Ricky McMillian, 50, wife Erica, 46, and sons Dwayne, 29, and Derian, 27,…
