Brittish Williams, who starred in “Basketball Wives LA,” pleaded guilty to 15 felonies this week in St. Louis.
Williams admitted 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, according toWilliams first joined the cast of the VH1 show in its third season in 2014, when she became engaged to Lorenzo Gordon, who played basketball professionally overseas, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
U.S. Attorney Sayler A. Fleming said the 33-year-old mother admitted to 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.” Additionally, Williams admitted to three pandemic frauds and one insurance fraud. She submitted nine applications that contained false income and payroll information for Economic Injury Disaster Loans, four applications for theWilliams received $144,000 in loans from two disaster applications to “fund her personal lifestyle,” her plea agreement says. She received $52,647 in PPP loans and $27,801 in rental assistance even though her work hours were not reduced during the pandemic.
She also falsified medical bills to an insurance company for a total of $139,479.92 “paid to her, co-conspirators or both,” the statement said. Since Williams’ indictment inUltimately, the DOJ tabulated almost $446,000 in losses.Williams, who was also a radio personality in St. Louis, faces years in prison. 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.
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