‘Basketball Wives’ star Brittish Williams speaks up after pleading guilty to 15 counts of fraud: ‘I’m not ashamed’

British Williams

‘Basketball Wives’ star Brittish Williams speaks up after pleading guilty to 15 counts of fraud: ‘I’m not ashamed’

Reality TV Personality British Williams filed a plea in her wire fraud lawsuit.

According to a report by LoveBScottthe Basketball Wives grad pleaded guilty to 15 felonies after being arrested for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in government funds.

As we reported last month, British Williams had been negotiating with the prosecutor for some time. The 33-year-old reportedly requested that her trial be postponed at the time in order to finalize a settlement with prosecutors. It seems that both parties were able to reach an amicable agreement recently. The reality star has reportedly pleaded guilty to fraud, admitting to stealing around $446,000.

According to reports British Williams was charged with five counts of misusing a Social Security number, four counts of bank fraud, three counts of misrepresentation to the IRS, and three counts of wire fraud. Williams She reportedly admitted to not providing enough information on her tax returns and wrongly naming her niece and nephew as dependents. The report said she avoided over $29,000 in taxes from 2017 to 2019 due to misleading the IRS.

Additionally, the report states that the VH1 star:

“Filed nine applications for disaster loans (to help businesses during the pandemic), four applications for the Paycheck Protection Program, and one application for a rent relief program in California.”

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Williams was awarded $27,800 in rent relief after falsely claiming that she was a California resident with total household income of less than $50,000 and working reduced hours. Her working hours were not reduced because of the pandemic, the plea said. In addition, her rent was reimbursed by the network that produces “Basketball Wives,” a TV show she starred in.

Over and beyond, Williams He also reportedly filed more than $139,000 worth of fake medical bills with an insurance company. The sentencing date is reportedly set for August 23. Hours after the news began to spread, British took to Instagram and seemingly addressed her latest court update. She wrote about her story:

“Anything I’ve been through that a normal person would go through in private, I’ve been through in public. I hope that my story, journey and growth can help someone going through something similar or stop the next person from doing something that could potentially put them in the same situation as me.”

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“I’m not ashamed… I’m proud of the woman and mother I am TODAY. Everything I’ve been through, I’ve had to go through.

Williams He is reportedly facing up to 30 years in prison for bank fraud, 20 years for wire fraud and “up to five years each on the five counts of social security number abuse” and fines of up to $3.25 million.

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