ATLANTA — Three suspects from metro Atlanta made an initial court appearance Thursday on federal fraud and money laundering charges after they allegedly defrauded COVID-19 pandemic relief programs.

Salimot Akande, 41, of Atlanta, Garey Henderson, 45, of Marietta, and Jacqueline Rollizo, 52, of Woodstock, allegedly laundered nearly $2 million in proceeds.

The 38-count indictment charges them with bank fraud, wire fraud, bank and wire fraud conspiracy, concealment and transactional money laundering, and money laundering conspiracy.

“Stealing from pandemic relief programs is a betrayal of the public trust and a direct attack on the businesses that truly needed help during a time of crisis,” said Steven N. Schrank, the special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Georgia a

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