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Winter Garden Woman Sentenced to 30 Months for COVID Relief Fraud and Failure to File Tax Returns

Orlando, Florida – Verlynn Horne has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Julie S. Sneed to two years and six months in federal prison for wire fraud and willful failure to file tax returns. Horne pleaded guilty on April 7, 2026. As part of her sentence, the court also entered an order of forfeiture in the amount of $2,517,930, the proceeds of the wire fraud scheme and for Horne’s real property located in Winter...

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Orlando, Florida – Verlynn Horne has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Julie S. Sneed to two years and six months in federal prison for wire fraud and willful failure to file tax returns. Horne pleaded guilty on April 7, 2026. As part of her sentence, the court also entered an order of forfeiture in the amount of $2,517,930, the proceeds of the wire fraud scheme and for Horne’s real property located in Winter...

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    Winter Garden Woman Sentenced to 30 Months for COVID Relief Fraud and Failure to File Tax Returns

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Confidence · formula confidence-2.1.0
Source trust97
Independent corroboration51
Primary evidence100
Claim consistency82
Extraction confidence82
Attribution quality90
Impact · formula impact-2.1.0
Event magnitude76
Market relevance88
Entity significance42
Market breadth45
Novelty68
Urgency77
capital magnitude24
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