The U.S. Department of Justice says a 27 year old woman from South Charleston has admitted to a scheme to defaud more than $18,000 in COVID 19 relief CARES Act loans from the Paycheck Protection Program. Imeesha Bradley pleaded guilty in court yesterday. Court document say Bradley applied for a PPP loan for her purported business, called “Imeesha Bradley,” on April 21, 2021. She admitted in court that her alleged business had never been “engaged in legitimate business activity” and was not a registered business entity at the time she applied. A lender in California approved the fraudulent loan application, and the funds were transferred into her personal bank account. She’ll be sentenced in November. She faces up to a decade behind bars and a quarter-million-dollar fine.