Anchor Away! Ex-TV Anchor Gets Decade in Prison for $63M Covid-Era Fraud Scheme

David Gilmour Nov 24th, 2025, 9:33 am

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Former Phoenix news anchor Stephanie Hockridge has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for her role in one of the largest Paycheck Protection Program fraud schemes tied to a public figure.

The ex-ABC15 presenter was ordered to pay nearly $64 million in restitution on Friday after a Texas federal court found she helped funnel bogus Covid -era loans through a company she co-founded with her husband, Nathan Reis .

Hockridge, convicted in June of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, is expected to report to prison on December 30. She will serve her sentence at the Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, according to the , which is a mi

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