United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Nyesha D. Paris, aka Nyesha D. Henderson, and Nyesha D. Jackson, 47, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were sentenced by United States District Court Judge Joel H. Slomsky yesterday to 20 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for orchestrating a series of business fraud schemes. The Court also ordered Paris to pay the victim restitution of $545,993 and a forfeiture money judgment of $84,008 and to complete 150 hours of community service.
Paris was indicted in February 2023 and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, bank fraud, and health care fraud in January 2024.
Between 2018 and 2023, Paris engaged in multiple fraud schemes, which caused over $600,000 in losses to 15 victims. In one scheme, Paris joined others in stealing over $40,000 in merchandise and gift cards from Lowe’s Home Improvement through the use of a shell company and fraudulent business accounts.
In another scheme, Paris fraudulently obtained multiple pandemic assistance loans totaling over $120,000 through the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) by inflating payroll, submitting fake documents, and falsely certifying that her companies were in operation in February 2020, when they were not.
In a third scheme, Paris fraudulently billed Medicaid for nearly $150,000 in home health services allegedly provided by her business, which were never actually provided.
In total, Paris committed more than a dozen fraud schemes, including some that took place after the FBI confronted her with evidence of fraud and informed Paris that she was under investigation.
The case was investigated by the FBI and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys David Ignall and Samuel Dalke.
