USAO-GAN Administrative Assistant Sentenced for Wire Fraud

On April 2, 2026, a former Administrative Assistant for the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Northern District of Georgia was sentenced to 18 months supervised release and to pay $50,860.29 in restitution for committing wire fraud. Warner Knowland previously pleaded guilty in the Northern District of Georgia. According to factual statements in support of the guilty plea, on or about April of 2021, Knowland caused to be submitted to a financial institution an IRS Form 1040, Schedule C that contained information he knew to be false in order to obtain two Paycheck Protection Program loans worth $49,999. Knowland had previously attempted to obtain several Economic Injury Disaster Assistance Loans (EIDL) from the SBA by knowingly providing false information. The investigation was conducted by the OIG’s Atlanta Office and the Small Business Administration Office of the Inspector General.