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An Omaha woman has been sentenced to four months in prison and eight months home confinement for fraudulently obtaining grants from two state agencies and a federal loan program.

Brenda K. Banks, 61, was also ordered by a federal judge to pay $83,087 in restitution and a $5,000 fine as part of her sentence for wire fraud.

Banks, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, was the executive director of a nonprofit called Angels on Wheels that was engaged in recycling projects.

In 2018 and 2019, Banks was able to obtain two grants of $220,234 from the Nebraska Environmental Trust. To be reimbursed for the grants, she submitted images of checks altered with whiteout and fictitious invoices, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

The same approach was used to obtain three additional grants for litter reduction and recycling totaling $184,141 from the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy.

In addition, in 2020, Banks applied for a Paycheck Protection Program loan on behalf of Angels on Wheels. She falsely attested that the organization’s board of directors had met and designated her to file for the PPP loan, when, in fact, there was no such meeting.

Eventually, $60,420 of PPP funds were deposited into a bank account that Banks had opened. The PPP loan was later forgiven by Great Western Bank, though no funds were repaid, the attorney’s office said.

The case was investigated by the FBI. Banks was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert...

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