Celebrities, CEOs among 19 indicted in Georgia on PPP fraud charges [View all]

Celebrities, entertainers and business leaders are among 19 people recently indicted in Georgia on charges that they defrauded the Paycheck Protection Program for a total of more than $3 million.

The seven separate indictments each link the fraudulent loan applications to a single Atlanta-based business consultant who was paid a “success fee” for each loan as it was awarded.

Among those indicted were: Ion Overman, an actress who appeared in the early-2000s TV series “Port Charles,” as well as “Desperate Housewives” and Tyler Perry’s “Madea Goes to Jail”; Carlos “Clos” Stephens, a music producer and consultant who has worked with Master P and Little Romeo; Dale Godboldo, an actor who appeared in “The People v. O.J. Simpson,” “Thor” and awards-season darling “The Year of the Dog”; and Marvin Lewton, a media personality covering hip-hop known as OG Shadi Powers.

One defendant, Mark C. Mason Jr., of Atlanta, was charged independently but also named in the six other lawsuits as an “unindicted co-conspirator,” according to court documents obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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