How many successful authors accepted PPP loans?

[BudDickman]

Pat claims that he is a successful author, yet he applied for and received PPP loans which were forgiven.

This program was meant for people who were struggling to make ends meet because of the pandemic, not for successful authors who receive advances from major publishers for books that earn out and then generate a steady stream of income from royalties for years to come.

So either Pat is struggling to make ends meet as an author, or he is taking money that he doesn't need. There is no other option.

I search through the PPP database for some of Pat's peers, which I randomly sampled from this list:

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I searched several names (I ignored the ones that were obviously pseudonyms or so common that they would turn up a bunch of results) and only found two other authors who took PPP money, an African who took two Pat-sized loans as an Uber driver and a woman named Suzanne Palmer who took a smaller loan of $4k:

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CHIAGOZIE ODUNZE - Tracking PPP - ProPublica

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SUZANNE PALMER - Tracking PPP - ProPublica

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So it looks like it is not that common for authors to accept PPP loans.

 

[guest]

Think he filed under his sole proprietorship for his business "Granny Scam, Inc."

 

[JoeBrotheChildSpitGuzzler]

I'd guess other bigger authors have an s Corp or something they use for business purposes band would have filed under that

 

[AntSucks]

It's really weird how he was approved for a loan in the first place. Why would a writer be affected by lockdown? Brandon Sanderson wrote 5 spec books during the pandemic.

 

[Mr-Wrinkle-Paws]

He worked the system like a welfare queen pretty sure he got ppp for "insurance sales" and then unemployment and enhanced benefits for claiming being a "writer" if you go into ppp loan it gives percentages of people in his "field" that applied for ppp loans and it was something like .00001 percent

 

[Brooke Shields]

Dont worry guys, you don't have to pay back the loan but you still can as long as you don't apply for forgiveness.
Patrick will obviously pay his loan back because he is a successful and just man.

 

[BakersfieldChimp]

It's really weird how he was approved for a loan in the first place. Why would a writer be affected by lockdown? Brandon Sanderson wrote 5 spec books during the pandemic.

They just approved everyone. Hopefully they go after people like him who didn't deserve it.

 

[MonsterSteve]

Biden is coming after the fraudsters. Hopefully fat gets his hand caught in the cookie jar, again.

 

[guest]

It's really weird how he was approved for a loan in the first place. Why would a writer be affected by lockdown? Brandon Sanderson wrote 5 spec books during the pandemic.

IRS Auditor brothermen, you reading this?

 

[NoBacon]

You can and should as a responsible citizen report suspected covid loan fraud.

You can even do it anonymously online.

Didn’t he double dip it, too? He was paid for his defunct insurance LLC and he was paid as a member of staff for Nikki’s dead fake ghost writing business. At least that’s what my friend from Reddit anonymously tipped off a few months ago. I do hope other concerned tax payers report their suspicions, as they are legally allowed to, actively encouraged to by the government and have a moral and ethical responsibility to do.

 

[BudDickman]

Think he filed under his sole proprietorship for his business "Granny Scam, Inc."

He could've used his GT Insurance Company LLC if he hadn't allowed the company to be dissolved administratively by being a lazy fat ass.

 

[FurBurger]

You can and should as a responsible citizen report suspected covid loan fraud.

You can even do it anonymously online.

Didn’t he double dip it, too? He was paid for his defunct insurance LLC and he was paid as a member of staff for Nikki’s dead fake ghost writing business.

Nikki claimed the PPP loan to her LLC was to pay her mortgage, which is weird because Posts by Ghosts His Kid LLC doesn't own a house, she does.

I'm sure mixing LLC money and your own personal money is fine under GAAP though, and the IRS won't fuck her to death over it.

 

[IGotATreeOnMyHouse85]

You can and should as a responsible citizen report suspected covid loan fraud.

You can even do it anonymously online.

Didn’t he double dip it, too? He was paid for his defunct insurance LLC and he was paid as a member of staff for Nikki’s dead fake ghost writing business. At least that’s what my friend from Reddit anonymously tipped off a few months ago. I do hope other concerned tax payers report their suspicions, as they are legally allowed to, actively encouraged to by the government and have a moral and ethical responsibility to do.

Niki’s business should set off a red flag because her work is done 100% online. Covid would have done zero damage to a business that works online. Pats insurance one is a grey area because he could claim he couldn’t visit potential clients but her already fraud business should get some attention.

 

[JoeCumiawearsDIAPERS]

It made more sense to get the money out ASAP and deal with the cheats later. I heard the government contracted the B4 consulting firms just to straight process PPP applications. Apparently they had hundreds of people working different shifts so they could basically process apps 24 hours a day for weeks or months. My guess is they’ll hire one of them again to do the fraud work. At that point I’m sure it’ll just be a list they have people working through so it’ll depend where he sits on that list.

Also, didn’t someone post that he renewed his insurance license after letting it lapse for a number of years? That may have something to do with it

 

[BudDickman]

It made more sense to get the money out ASAP and deal with the cheats later. I heard the government contracted the B4 consulting firms just to straight process PPP applications. Apparently they had hundreds of people working different shifts so they could basically process apps 24 hours a day for weeks or months. My guess is they’ll hire one of them again to do the fraud work. At that point I’m sure it’ll just be a list they have people working through so it’ll depend where he sits on that list.

Also, didn’t someone post that he renewed his insurance license after letting it lapse for a number of years? That may have something to do with it

It's interesting that his industry is listed as N/A, which actually makes sense since he is an unindustrious fat slob who just farts into his couch all day.

PATRICK TOMLINSON - Tracking PPP - ProPublica

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The other PPP loan listings that I've looked at all show something for the industry. Is he pretending to be an insurance salesman or an author with this application?

 

[FurBurger]

Pats insurance one is a grey area because he could claim he couldn’t visit potential clients but her already fraud business should get some attention.

Pat's licenced in Florida.

If being in Milwaukee hasn't hurt his sales, Covid won't.

 

[SensibleKeks]

His second, fatter, and uglier wife Nikki also took out PPP loans for her SEO company. All their work is done online so the pandemic wouldn't have hurt the company at all. Probably helped if anything.

 

[NoBacon]

Niki’s business should set off a red flag because her work is done 100% online. Covid would have done zero damage to a business that works online. Pats insurance one is a grey area because he could claim he couldn’t visit potential clients but her already fraud business should get some attention.

I can’t remember exactly since it was a while ago but I think his insurance thing was long dormant and dead, reactivating it just to claim covid payments is a absolutely fraud

 

[NoBacon]

I can’t remember exactly since it was a while ago but I think his insurance thing was long dormant and dead, reactivating it just to claim covid payments is a absolutely fraud

Either way it’s not wrong to report suspected fraud with valid suspicions

there’s really no legitimate reason he was entitled to a PPP loan.

 

[stealthygeek]

Pretty sure Niki isn't paying for office space any more. Covid should be saving her money if anything.