A Coral Springs woman was sentenced to eight months in federal prison for submitting fraudulent applications for about $164,521 in COVID-19 disaster relief loans, according to the US Department of Justice.
Junaque Nicole Tullis, 46, aka “Juanaque Tullis,” pled guilty to wire fraud on April 23, 2026. She was sentenced on August 13 to eight months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
According to US authorities, Tullis submitted at least five fraudulent Economic Injury Disaster Loan applications to the US Small Business Administration between April and December 2020 on behalf of several businesses and herself.
The applications contained misleading information regarding the firms’ personnel counts and income. The loan program offered financial help to businesses afflicted by the pandemic.
Tullis was ordered to pay $4,000 in reparations and forfeit an additional $4,000.
She was one of three defendants charged in a case featured in the Justice Department’s 2025 National Healthcare Fraud Takedown, which was announced on June 30, 2025.
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