#RHOA’s Apollo Nida Starts 8 Year Federal Prison Sentence



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Real Housewives of Atlanta” husband Apollo Nida started an eight-year federal prison sentence for a fraud conviction Wednesday.

Check out the details below.

Apollo Nida, 35, became inmate 65725-019 when he reported to the minimum security federal prison in Lexington, Kentucky, as ordered by a federal judge in July. Apollo’s incarceration is going to put a huge strain on his wife Phaedra Parks and change the dynamics of their family life.

Phaedra’s publicist released the following statement,

“Phaedra is now putting all of her energy into ensuring the well-being of her two children and making decisions that are in their best interests. This situation has put a tremendous strain on Phaedra and her family, and she is working hard to bring back a sense of normalcy to everyone’s lives.”

As you might remember Apollo was arrested in January and pleaded guilty in May to charges in a fraud scheme that federal prosecutors say stole millions of dollars from at least 50 people over four years.

Apollo will have to serve at least five years under parole supervision after he completes his eight years in a federal prison, U.S. District Court Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr. ordered during sentencing in July.

This is the second prison stint for Nida, who previously served five years in a federal prison for auto title fraud before marrying Phaedra in 2009.

Apollo Nida created two fake collection companies to gather personal information used to steal victims’ identities, U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said after his sentencing in Atlanta. He used the information to get fraudulent auto loans in the names of his victims, according to the criminal complaint.

He was busted after a year-long investigation by the U.S. Secret Service.

The break in the case came in September, when federal investigators arrested Gayla St. Julien, a woman who “described herself as Nida’s ‘right hand b—-‘ in executing the legwork of his fraud schemes,” the criminal complaint said.

St. Julien, who previously served prison time for identity theft, told agents that Apollo “only paid her ‘scraps'” for her work, compared to the amount of money he made from the fraud schemes,” the filing said. She turned on him and agreed to let agents record their phone calls, it said.

Apollo’s fake companies fraudulently signed up with “LexisNexis, Equifax, and Mircrobilt databases” to steal personal information on people. Along with the fraudulent auto loan checks, He reportedly stole U.S. Treasury checks, “retirement checks issued to Delta Airlines employees, and checks in the names of real people who were owed unclaimed property from various state and federal government agencies,” the complaint said.

Agents recorded phone calls St. Julien phone calls where the two discussed details of pending fraudulent auto loans and “details of future auto loan checks that he was expecting to receive any day now from in the mail,” the affidavit said.

Our thoughts are with Phaedra, Apollo, and their entire family during this rough ordeal.

Spotted @CNN.




One response to “#RHOA’s Apollo Nida Starts 8 Year Federal Prison Sentence”

  1. Its a pity that Apollo has disgraced his family in such an awful manner .He seemed as one of AMERICA’S LUCKIEST MEN , BUT ITS HARD FOR A LEOPARD TO CHANGE ITS SPOTS.
    I hope he will learn Life’s lessons in his new environment .

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