Lake Norman fraudster convicted in 2008 case then lied to get pandemic funds
A North Carolina man convicted for his involvement in 2008 mortgage fraud schemes has been sentenced again — this time with his wife — for lying on applications for pandemic relief funds.
Antoine Johnson, 49, formerly of Davidson, served about two years for promoting mortgage schemes involving luxury condominiums in Oak Island. The schemes caused a $4.5 million loss and made him $200,000.
Two weeks after his 2018 release, according to court records, he and his wife started “applying for bank loans and credit lines using false information, including fake revenues and fake employment data” for their moving company. This continued from 2018 through the pandemic to 2023.
The couple, who now live in Georgia and owned Pick Up and Go Moving International, submitted more than 35 applications requesting more than $3 million in loans, according to court documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
Senior District Judge Michael F. Urbanski on Thursday ordered them to pay it all back.
Johnson was sentenced to 51 months in prison.
His wife, Kimberly Maddox, 44, was sentenced to 12 months, including time in home confinement.
According to court documents, Maddox’s lawyers asked the judge to consider a lighter sentence. She was “not the architect of the scheme” they wrote. She “signed documents at her husband’s request, and her role in the offense “was peripheral.”
This story was originally published April 21, 2025 at 5:00 AM.
