*“Basketball Wives” star Brittish Williams pleaded guilty to 15 felonies in her Missouri fraud case.
Williams was indicted in 2021 on federal fraud and identity theft charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Missouri said in a press release. According to RadarOnline, she pleaded guilty on Wednesday in St. Louis to five counts of misuse of a Social Security number, four counts of bank fraud, three counts of making false statements to the IRS, and three counts of wire fraud.
The majority of Williams’ fraud charges stem from financial crimes committed during Covid-19.
“British Williams has admitted an unusually large number of frauds that victimized taxpayers, banks, credit card companies, individuals, and programs that were intended to help struggling businesses and employees during the COVID-19 pandemic,” U.S. Attorney Sayler Fleming said this week.
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“This is a first step towards justice for those victims,” he added. “We will also be seeking repayment of all of her ill-gotten gains.”
Williams’ “fraud and schemes” totaled $446,082.
“The charges of misusing a Social Security number and making false statements each carry a potential penalty of up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said in their press release.
“The bank fraud charges carry penalties of up to 30 years in prison, a $1 million fine or both,” the office continued. “The wire fraud charges carry a penalty of up to 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine.”
Williams faces more than 50 years in prison.
As the Jasmine Brand reports, Williams took to Instagram this week and seemingly addressed her latest court update.
She wrote on her story: “Anything I’ve went through that a normal person would go through privately I went through publicly. I hope my story, journey and my growth can help someone going through something similar or stops the next person from doing anything that could possibly have them in the same situation as me.”
Williams added … “I am not ashamed…I am proud of the woman and mother I am TODAY. Everything I’ve been through I needed to go through.”
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