A Semmes man previously convicted of tax fraud and defrauding the BP oil spill fund has been charged with masterminding an elaborate scheme – while he still was in prison – to defraud a COVID-19 relief program.
) - A man previously convicted of tax fraud and defrauding the BP oil spill fund has been charged with masterminding an elaborate scheme – while he still was in prison – to defraud a COVID-19 relief program.
The Semmes man’s federal criminal record dates to 2002 when a judge sentenced him to five years and three months in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine. In 2012, a judge sentenced him to three years and 10 months in prison for mail fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, set up to compensate victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Lacey stands accused of using the stolen identity of a person identified as “V.O.” in court documents and Clear Choice Home Medical Equipment & Supplies to open an account at BB&T Bank, which received a disbursement of $100,200 from a Small Business Administration program called the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program.
The fraud charge involving the alleged victim “V.O.” is one of a dozen fraudulent applications the defendants are accused of making from June to September 2020 under the disaster-relief program. The indictment lists 12 accompanying counts of aggravated identity theft.
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