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Three Pike County, Alabama Residents Charged with Federal Rental Assistance Program Fraud

            MONTGOMERY, Ala, – Today, Acting United States Attorney Kevin Davidson announced that a federal grand jury in Montgomery, Alabama indicted three individuals for their roles in a scheme to defraud the United States government.

            According to the indictment, 50-year-old Brundidge Police Chief Samuel Cornelius Green, 53-year-old Sharon Jones Green, and 40-year-old Schemillia Levera Fenn, all from Troy, Alabama, are facing federal charges for their roles in a conspiracy to fraudulently receive funds through the Emergency Rental Assistance Program. When creating this program, Congress made up to $46 billion in funding available to assist households that were unable to pay rent or utilities due to financial hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is alleged that the conspiracy began on March 2, 2021, and continued through at least November 9, 2021.

            Samuel Green is charged with 13 counts in the indictment, including one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering; three counts of money laundering; one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud; six counts of wire fraud; and two counts of aggravated identity theft. The same indictment charges Sharon Green with nine counts, including one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering; three counts of money laundering; one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud; three counts of wire fraud; and one count of aggravated identity theft. Schemillia Fenn is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

            An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

Updated March 14, 2025

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