( August 30, 2024, 10:31 AM EDT) -- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Broward County, Fla. , deputy sheriff convicted on various criminal counts in connection with a fraudulent application for a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan and sentenced to four months imprisonment filed a notice of appeal on Aug. 29 to the 11th Circuit U. S. Court of Appeals in a Florida federal district court. . . .