Allison Baver #805 competes in the ladies 1,000 meter time trial during the U.S. Olympic Short Track Trials at the Utah Olympic Oval on January 2, 2014 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
When the COVID-19 pandemic began nearly two years ago, scammers immediately began siphoning off money from the trillions in federal relief money that Congress approved.
Authorities say those fraudsters include Allison Baver, a former Olympic speedskater who has been charged with eight counts of making a false statement to a bank and one count of money laundering, according to the U.S.
Attorney's General Office in Utah.The 41-year-old won a bronze medal for the women's 3000m relay in the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, nearly one year after she shattered her ankle and broke her leg in multiple places during a competition in Bulgaria.RELATED: LA couple on the run after being convicted in $18M COVID-19 relief fraudAfter her Olympic victory, Baver launched Allison Baver Entertainment, a company that describes itself as the "engine behind stories that move the needle.