Instagram influencer Danielle Miller pleads guilty to $1 M COVID loan fraud

Danielle Miller pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges. thedaniellenicolemiller/Instagram An Instagram influencer — and self-proclaimed “con artist” — flaunted her way to a federal guilty plea. Native New Yorker Danielle Miller, 32, admitted Monday the luxurious lifestyle she bragged about on TikTok and Instagram was funded with more than $1 million in stolen COVID-relief loans, federal prosecutors said. Miller pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining $1.5 million in government funds by swiping the identities of more than 10 people, according to the the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. The Horace Mann graduate — who has more than 34,000 followers on Instagram — then brazenly publicized pricey items she bought via the fraud scheme, the feds said. She posted about a trip in a private jet and zooming in a Rolls-Royce with a Louis Vuitton bag by her side. Miller was sentenced to state prison in another fraud case in Florida last October. The allegations against her were detailed in a Feb. 2022 New York Magazine profile. “Honestly, I more so consider myself a con artist than anything,” she shamelessly told the mag. Danielle Miller flaunted her fancy lifestyle on social media for all to see. thedaniellenicolemiller/Instagram On Monday
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