City Spent $10 Million In Covid Aid To Create A ‘Reparations’ Commission

City Spent $10 Million In Covid Aid To Create A ‘Reparations’ Commission Bronson Winslow on October 10, 2022 The federal government allotted millions of dollars to Providence, Rhode Island, to help…

Federal Grand Jury Indicts Five Springfield Illinois Residents for Wire Fraud Related to COVID Relief Funds

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A grand jury returned indictments on October 4, 2022, against five Springfield, Illinois, residents, charging them with fraud related to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) administered through the Small…

DOJ Charged IRS Employees with $400k theft of COVID aid used to buy cars, fund Vegas trip

John Hugh DeMastri Five IRS employees allegedly received nearly $400,000 after fraudulently applying for more than $1.1 million in relief in government funding intended for small businesses damaged by the COVID-19 pandemic,…

Five Current or Former IRS Employees Charged with Defrauding Federal COVID-19 Relief Programs

Memphis, TN – Five current or former IRS employees have been charged with schemes to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Program, federal stimulus programs authorized as part…

Former Crips Gang Members and Inmates Each Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison for COVID-19-Related Unemployment Insurance Fraud Scheme

FRESNO, Calif. — Sholanda Thomas, 38, a former Hoover Crips gang member and an inmate at the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla, was sentenced today to five years and five…

Irvine Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Obtaining More Than $5 Million in COVID-Relief Loans for Sham Businesses

LOS ANGELES – An Orange County man was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $5 million in COVID-relief loans for three shell companies. …

South Carolina man convicted of COVID-19 Relief fraud in first Atlanta PPP trial

ATLANTA – A federal jury in Atlanta convicted a South Carolina man of fraudulently obtaining a $300,000 forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the…

Beverly Hills Man Pleads Guilty to Charge for Using Fake Companies in Scheme to Steal Millions of Dollars in COVID Small Business Loans

LOS ANGELES – A Beverly Hills man – whose sons pleaded guilty earlier this month to felonies for defrauding COVID-relief programs – pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for…

Moses Lake Resident Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining $50,000 in COVID-19 Relief Funds

Spokane, Washington – Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that Dondre Charles Jackson, age 29, of Moses Lake, Washington, pled guilty to fraudulently…

National Guard Prepares To Lose 14,000 Troops Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

National Guard Prepares To Lose 14,000 Troops Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Micaela Burrow on September 21, 2022 The Army National Guard could discharge up to 14,000 troops over the next two years…

Iowa Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for COVID-19 Related Benefit Fraud and Money Laundering

A Rockford, Iowa woman who received unemployment benefits in other people’s names, and laundered most of those funds through cryptocurrency transactions, was sentenced September 20, 2022, to more than a year in…

Fauci Attempts Damage Control After Biden Declares End of COVID-19 Pandemic

WASHINGTON, DC – This week, U.S. President Joe Biden declared the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying while COVID-19 remains a real health issue going forward, the pandemic stage of the virus…

Victorville Woman Arrested on Indictment Alleging She Used Prison Inmates’ Names to Fraudulently Obtain Over $500,000 in COVID Relief

RIVERSIDE, California – A San Bernardino County woman was arrested today on a seven-count federal grand jury indictment alleging she fraudulently obtained more than $500,000 in pandemic-related unemployment insurance (UI) benefits…

Justice Department Announces COVID-19 Fraud Strike Force Teams

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Today the Justice Department announced the establishment of three strike force teams created to enhance the department’s existing efforts to combat and prevent COVID-19 related fraud. The strike force…

‘Careless’: Federal Gov’t May Have Accidentally Sent $1.3 Billion In COVID Relief To People In Foreign Countries, Inspector General Says

‘Careless’: Federal Gov’t May Have Accidentally Sent $1.3 Billion In COVID Relief To People In Foreign Countries, Inspector General Says Gabe Kaminsky on September 13, 2022 The Small Business Administration (SBA) may…

Midlothian Woman Sentenced for $1.8 M COVID-19 Fraud Using Information Obtained from Her State Employment

RICHMOND, Va. – A Midlothian woman was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for defrauding the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Program, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), and the Economic Injury Disaster…

Former Oregon Dentist Pleads Guilty to Stealing Nearly $11.5 Million in Covid-Relief Program Funds

PORTLAND, Ore.—A former Oregon dentist pleaded guilty today in federal court for fraudulently converting to his personal use nearly $11.5 million in loans intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.…

U.S. Attorney’s Eastern Washington COVID-19 Strike Force Announces Indictment of Two West Richland Residents

Indictments Allege that Defendants Collectively Received More Than $800,000 in Fraudulently-Obtained COVID-19 Relief Funding, Seek Forfeiture of West Richland Residence Purchased with Fraudulently-Obtained Funds Richland, Washington – Today, Vanessa R. Waldref,…

Nigerian Man Indicted and Wanted for Defrauding New York State Out of More than $30 Million by Posing as Ventilator Seller During Height of the COVID-19 Pandemic

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Chidozie Collins Obasi, 29, of Nigeria, was charged by Indictment with one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, six…

Bowie County Man Sentenced for COVID-Relief Fraud

TEXARKANA, Texas – A Maud, Texas man has been sentenced for federal violations related to a COVID-relief fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. …

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