COVID-19 relief fraud

DETROIT, MICH. — A Metro Detroit business owner has been federally indicted on charges of fraud, identity theft, and money laundering in connection with COVID-19 relief programs, according to an …

MACON, Ga. — Jessica Crawford, a 34-year-old tax preparer from Athens, Georgia, has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for orchestrating a $3.5 million tax fraud scheme involving …

Two men from California have been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in a complex money laundering conspiracy that defrauded a Bergen County resident and misused funds from the …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Nakita Cannady, a Memphis woman, was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for her role in healthcare fraud and for defrauding the COVID-19 Relief Program, as …

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 …