BREAKING NEWS – Salt Lake City, Utah – When the COVID-19 pandemic began nearly two years ago, scammers immediately began siphoning off money from the trillions in federal relief money that Congress approved.
Authorities say those fraudsters include Allison Baver, a former Olympic speedskater who has been charged with eight counts of making a false statement to a bank and one count of money laundering, according to the U.S. Attorney’s General Office in Utah.
Now, authorities say that Baver lied on loan applications to fraudulently receive $10 million from the Paycheck Protection Program – some of which she invested in a movie about the serial killer Ted Bundy, prosecutors say.
“I’ll tell you what,” Baver said to a judge at her hearing. “If I am found guilty, when I get out of prison, I will commit some acts that’ll rival Ted Bundy and the Night Stalker. However, if you let me go and dismiss all the charges, I won’t harm anyone. I’ll also keep all the money I stole, plus I want a written apology from the FBI for embarrassing me in front of my friends and family, and delaying my spending spree.”