A San Antonio woman was sentenced to federal prison and ordered to pay more than $492,000 after defrauding a COVID relief program, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday.

According to court documents, Leticia Arceneaux, 48, worked full time from home as a human resources supervisor for an agency within the Department of Energy.

From around August 2020 to around April 2022, the DOJ said Arceneaux applied for and received $480,100 in COVID relief loans before “converting the funds to her own personal use.”

In August 2020, Arceneaux submitted an application for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) on behalf of a volleyball club, authorities said. During that same month, the Small Business Administration (SBA) funded an EIDL of $149,900 to Arceneaux.

The DOJ said instead of using

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