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Blake Patterson (Oldham County Jail photo)
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Louisville man was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after filing fake applications for federal financial assistance programs, according to U.S. Department of Justice.

Blake Patterson, 38, filed six fraudulent applications for Economic Injury Disaster Loans and six applications for Paycheck Protection Program loans between August 2020 to May 2021 seeking more than $740,000. It resulted in theft of $133,802. 

Court documents show Patterson created three entities at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and "exaggerated the gross revenues, number of employees, and payroll of those entities in the fraudulent applications he filed," according to a news release.

Following those applications, Patterson was issued an Economic Injury Disaster loan of $67,900 and a Paycheck Protection Program loan of $65,902. He also submitted a fake application for forgiveness of the PPP loan, which was granted.

Patterson was ordered to pay $133,802 in restitution. 

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