Mount Vernon employee, daughter plead guilty in .8M pandemic-relief fraud
A Mount Vernon city employee and her daughter have admitted their roles in bilking a COVID-19 relief program out of $1.8 million by submitting fals...
A Mount Vernon city employee and her daughter have admitted their roles in bilking a COVID-19 relief program out of $1.8 million by submitting false grant applications for businesses that either didn't qualify or didn't exist. Andrea and Alicia Ayers pleaded guilty in federal court last week to all four charges that were brought against them two years ago and will be sentenced in June. They each face a minimum of two years in prison and a maximum of 20 years but prosecutors estimate that the sentencing guidelines call for a prison term of between 8 1/2 and 10 years.