An Instagram influencer allegedly used over "$100,000 in Covid relief" to purchase plane tickets and luxury hotel getaways.
Cops have accused Danielle Miller of stealing the identity of a person in Massachusetts, then using their details to claim extensive Covid relief, which she went on to spend extravagantly, Independent reports.
She reportedly accessed the unidentified individual's personal information using the Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) and then opened a bank account.
Miller then allegedly applied through the Small Business Administration (SBA) for a federally-funded Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL).
Prosecutors said that in August of last year, this led to more than $102,000 being deposited into the fake account.
Miller went on to purchase a $2,390 private flight from Florida to California, traveling with a fake driver's license in the victim's name that had her photograph attached.
Prosecutors said that Miller made ATM transactions in the victim's name and paid for luxury hotel stays.
According to court documents, Miller is still active on social media and runs the Instagram account "killadmilla", which has 34.3K followers at the time of writing.
The Instagram account featured photographs of Miller at a number of luxury California hotels, where various transactions were allegedly made using the bank account registered in the victim's name.
The DA's office cites the expense of a $5,500 bank charge at the luxury hotel Petit Ermitage in West Hollywood in September 2020.
Miller went on to post a series of photographs on Instagram that were geotagged at the hotel.
An affidavit supporting the case against Miller also refers to a photograph of her standing in front of a Rolls Royce outside The Beverly Hills hotel, where additional purchases were reportedly made on the fraudulent account.
Prosecutors said that she allegedly applied for an additional $900,000 worth of fraudulent SBA loans using other individuals' online RMV accounts.
However, she reportedly did so using the same IP address that the original loan was requested from.
The punishment, if found guilty, would see Miller face up to 20 years in prison, up to three years supervised release and a fine of as much as $250,000.
Miller is set to appear in US District Court in Miami on Wednesday before making her initial appearance in US District Court in Boston at a later date.
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