Chicago Police Sergeant Charged With Wire Fraud in $41,662 PPP Scheme

Overview

• Prosecutors charged Sgt. Brandi Wright with wire fraud tied to two Paycheck Protection Program applications, a COVID-era loan program for small businesses.
• The court filing says she claimed to own a bakery that did not exist and used fake tax forms to back up her claims.
• The loans totaled $41,662, which prosecutors say she sought for personal benefit rather than business needs.
• The charge was filed as an information, a document that can signal plea talks though no plea has been entered.
• The case lands as Chicago’s watchdog reports multiple officers with bogus PPP loans and as a separate federal case against two former officers over about $2 million heads to trial in September.