KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A federal grand jury in Kansas City, Kansas, has indicted Christina Marie DeLeon, a 42-year-old woman from Wichita, for wire fraud related to her submissions for pandemic-era financial assistance from the Small Business Administration (SBA).
Court documents reveal that DeLeon, owner of the company “Wicks Before Dicks,” allegedly provided false information regarding her gross sales and employee count on Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications. She is accused of securing loans of $9,300 in April 2020 and $20,832 in January 2022, as well as submitting misleading information for loan forgiveness.
The investigation is being conducted by the SBA-OIG.
