Newnan couple indicted for stealing over 1.7 million in COVID-19 relief funds

June 23, 2025 at 4:38 p.m. UTC WSBTV

A metro Atlanta couple is facing decades in prison after they were indicted on fraud charges. According to the indictment, between April 2020 and June 2021, Earlisha Louis, 44, and Somoza Louis, 44, both of Newnan came up with a plan to swindle the Small Business Adminitration by submitting several fake and crooked Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Middle District of Florida said Earlisha Louis transferred over $10,000 of the fraud money between her accounts.