National Fraud Enforcement Division(@DOJFraudDiv):“Fleming lied about his company’s operations, lied about how the money would be used, and then lied again to have the loan forgiven, all so he could build himself a new home with pandemic relief funds meant to save struggling small businesses,” said @USAttyPirro. “My office will continue to hold accountable anyone who treated disaster relief programs as a personal piggy bank.”

National Fraud Enforcement Division@DOJFraudDiv

2026.09.21 14:07

“Fleming lied about his company’s operations, lied about how the money would be used, and then lied again to have the loan forgiven, all so he could build himself a new home with pandemic relief funds meant to save struggling small businesses,” said @USAttyPirro. “My office will continue to hold accountable anyone who treated disaster relief programs as a personal piggy bank.”

U.S. Attorney DC@USAO_DC

2026.09.18 19:18

Preston Fleming, 68, of Ducula, Georgia was sentenced today to 6-months of home confinement in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $170,000 in COVID-19 disaster relief loans for a trucking company that had ceased operating years earlier, announced @USAttyPirro. Fleming was also ordered to serve two years of supervised release and to pay the total remaining balance of fraudulently obtained funds.