In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Ibraheem Samirah, then a Virginia state delegate, found himself deeply in debt and scrambling to save his fledgling dental practice in Fairfax County. An $83,000 Paycheck Protection Program loan was supposed to be a lifeline for the state lawmaker, the way it was for millions of others across the country as commerce ground to a halt.

Samirah, who was most known for interrupting a speech delivered by President Donald Trump in 2019, promised to use the money to pay the four workers he said worked at his practice, NOVA Healthy Smiles. But in reality, he didn’t have anyone on the payroll, and the money soon migrated to his personal bank account, according to court documents.

Samirah, 34, was sentenced last month to three years of probation and o

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