COVID-19 relief fraud

NEW JERSEY — A former New Jersey business owner has pleaded guilty to federal charges for fraudulently obtaining over $3.2 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans meant to assist …

San Diego, CA – Leronce Suel, the majority owner of Rockstar Dough LLC and Chicken Feed LLC, was sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison for defrauding …

RAVENNA, Ohio (U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio) – Mustafa Ayoub Diab, 41, of Ravenna, has been convicted for orchestrating a fraudulent scheme that stole over $1.2 …

DES MOINES, Iowa (WKRN) — Bryan David Sampica, 49, of Des Moines, was sentenced Wednesday to four and a half years in federal prison for wire fraud and money laundering, …

A 46-year-old El Paso woman, Araceli Benitez, has been arrested and charged with multiple federal fraud offenses related to an alleged scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a …

MIAMI — Florida boat captain, Dustin Sean McCabe, 49, of Ocala, was found guilty of seaman’s manslaughter, lying to the Coast Guard, and COVID-19 relief fraud following a fatal accident …

Shelton, Conn. — Vincenzo Minutolo, 38, of Shelton, has pleaded guilty to charges related to his fraudulent receipt of COVID-19 relief funds, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of …

Lisa Evans, 42, from Olive Branch, Mississippi, pleaded guilty on February 21 to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, admitting to her role in a scheme that defrauded the Paycheck Protection …

Joseph Gillespie, 35, a former official in Baltimore City’s Department of Finance, was sentenced to four years in federal prison for accepting over $250,000 in bribes and fraudulently obtaining more …

Nigerian Pastor Edward Abiodun Oluwasanmi has been arrested by the FBI for conspiring with Oba Joseph Oloyede, an Osun monarch, to defraud the U.S. government out of $4.2 million in …