CAMDEN, N.J. — A Nevada woman will spend the next decade behind bars for orchestrating a multimillion-dollar loan scam and then attempting to cover her tracks by fabricating evidence in a federal investigation, authorities announced.
Anna Kline, 35, of Sparks, Nevada—who also went by Jordana Weber—was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to two counts of wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba said. U.S. District Judge Christine P. O’Hearn handed down the sentence in Camden federal court, also ordering Kline to three years of supervised release and $3.4 million in restitution to victims.
The Scheme: Fake Loans, Real Losses
From 2017 to 2019, Kline ran a web of shell companies that lured small business owners with promises of high-value loans, often exceeding $100 million. Victims were told they had to pay advance fees—up to 5% of the loan amount—before receiving funding.
But the loans never materialized. Instead, Kline stalled victims with fake bank statements and bogus excuses, while she and her partner, Jason Torres, spent the money on luxury cars, expensive art, vacations, and payments to earlier victims—a classic Ponzi scheme tactic.
In total, at least six victims lost roughly $7 million, officials said.
The Cover-Up: Fake Evidence, Fake Expert
After her July 2019 arrest, Kline tried to derail the investigation by submitting a doctored digital report through her attorney. The document, supposedly from forensic firm Cellebrite, appeared to show threatening messages from Torres—but investigators quickly uncovered the truth.
The report was a complete fabrication. The supposed examiner, “Drew Andrews,” didn’t exist—Kline had invented the alias. She had even used the same fake persona in a California custody battle, presenting the same falsified records.
Forensic experts also found that Kline had altered timestamps and data on a computer she turned over to authorities, further exposing her attempts to mislead investigators.
Crackdown on Fraud
The case was investigated by the FBI and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Kogan of Newark’s Cybercrime Unit.
The sentencing highlights the Justice Department’s push to combat financial fraud, particularly schemes that surged during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
For Kline’s victims, the ruling brings some measure of justice—but the millions lost may never be fully recovered.
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