A popular social media influencer in Florida will spend over two years in prison in connection to a loan fraud scheme, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Florida.

Scott Lee Huss, 28, was sentenced to 27 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to wire fraud. Huss abused COVID-19 relief funds and used fake checks to pay for luxury cars, USAO said.

Court documents say Huss fraudulently applied for and received six Paycheck Protection Program loans, totaling more than $600,000. He used the loans on cryptocurrency and luxury cars instead of business expenses and employee payroll.

"Pandemic relief programs were designed to help struggling businesses and families-not to fund luxury lifestyles," said U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones for the Southern District of Florida. "Those wh

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