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A former Columbus, Ohio-area bakery owner was sentenced to six years in prison Tuesday for using the identity of a dead baby to commit 16 counts of wire and passport fraud.
Ava Misseldine, 50, received 6 years in prison for stealing a dead baby's identity to receive $1.5 million in paycheck protection program loans to buy two out-of-state homes.
She could face between two to 30 years in prison.
She could face between two to 30 years in prison.
Ava Misseldine is the owner of Koko Tea Salon & Bakery, featured on the Food Network as a purveyor of the best red velvet cupcakes in the U.S. She also used an alias, Brie Bourgeois, a baby's identity that she stole.