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The Paycheck Protection Program was established in order to keep businesses afloat due to the economic ruin cause by the lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some saw this program and took the opportunity to apply using fraudulent applications claiming that non-existent businesses were in need of millions of dollars in order to not go under. Surprisingly, celebrities were in on some of these scams, including Diamond “Baby Blue” Smith of Pretty Ricky who was sentenced to 20 months in prison for filing a fraudulent PPP loan application. More celebrities has been caught trying to do the same. Actress Ion Overman, who we saw in Madea Goes To Jail, The L Word and Port Charles, is among 19 celebrities and entrepreneurs who were indicted in Georgia for scamming the PPP loan program out of $3 million, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Besides Overman, others that were indicted include actor Dale Godboldo who starred in American Crime Story, Thor and The People v. OJ, media personality OG Shadi Powers and music producer Carlos Stephens, known for working with Master P’s No Limit Records.
Since news of the indictment was released, OG Shadi Powers has posted cryptic messages. In one Instagram post he captioned a photo with the scriptures Isaiah 41:9-10 and Isaiah 41:11-16 and ended it with “Don’t call me or text me with no gossip or hearsay. If anything, pray for…
