Red Power Ranger Charged With Defrauding Paycheck Protection Program

By Alex Keller, CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

May 22, 2022

The actor who played the Red Power Ranger has been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud related to the Paycheck Protection Program.

On Wednesday, May 18, Department of Justice officials announced that Jason Lawrence Geiger, 47, of McKinney, was one of the 18 defendants a federal grand jury indicted on Tuesday. Geiger played the Red Power Ranger in "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers" under the alias Austin St. John.

Federal officials allege that Hill and Moran led the scheme to defraud the PPP. Hill is accused of recruiting others to use existing businesses or to create a new business in order to submit applications for PPP funding.

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