An East Tennessee woman who was already on probation in a federal fraud case is now accused of duping  the Small Business Administration into awarding her a Paycheck Protection Program loan for a fake business and using the money to get plastic surgery in Florida and spend a week recovering at the Trump International Beach Resort, court records show.

Leslie Danielle Bethea, 40, of Surgionsville, Tenn., has been indicted in U.S. District Court on charges of wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a loan she secured under an $800 billion Covid relief plan authorized by Congress to help small business owners to continue paying their employees during the pandemic.

According to the indictment, Bethea filed fake tax documents with the Small Business Administration in March 2021 to secure a PPP loan for $20,805.

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East Tennesseans accused of fraud in Paycheck Protection loans