Oregon Man Charged in Covid SBA Loan Fraud Scheme
PORTLAND, Ore.—An indictment was unsealed on Wednesday charging a Portland, Oregon, man with fraudulently converting to personal use loans intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Eric Wade Lysne, 29, has been charged...
Brooklyn Man Pleads Guilty in $5.6 Million Dollar SBA Loan Fraud
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Sean M. Andre, age 31, of Brooklyn, New York, pled guilty yesterday to conspiring with an Ulster County man to fraudulently obtain more than $5.6 million in government-backed loans meant...
Miami couple sentenced to prison for obtaining $1.1 million in Covid Relief loans
MIAMI, FL. June 2, 2021 – Latoya Stanley, 38, and Johnny Philus, 33 – a couple from Miami, Florida – were sentenced to Federal Prison today for perpetrating a scheme to file four falsified...
Man and Woman Charged in New York Covid 19 Loan Fraud Scheme
A New York man and an Oklahoma woman were arrested on Wednesday in Buffalo, New York, and Altus, Oklahoma, on a criminal complaint filed in the Western District of New York.
As per the court...
Boston Pizzeria Owner Charged in Paycheck Protection Program Fraud
BOSTON – A former North Shore resident was indicted yesterday in connection with allegedly filing fraudulent applications for loans and unemployment benefits to obtain over $660,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan funds and...
Pennsylvania Resturant Owner Charged in Covid 19 Bank Fraud Scheme
HARRISBURG, Pa. June 8, 2021 - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania today announced that a man named Scott Levy (aged 58, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) was charged on June...
Californian man admits to getting over $170K in fraudulent unemployment benefits
LAS VEGAS, Nev. June 8, 2021 - Keheir Jordan Parker (aged 25, of Victorville, Calif.) admitted to submitting multiple unemployment claims in other people’s name and fraudulently getting over $170,000 in unemployment benefits and...
Ohio man admits to laundering funds from online romance scams & misuse of COVID-19...
COLUMBUS, Ohio. June 7, 2021 – Eric Ahiekpor (aged 50, of Lewis Center) has admitted in court today to conspiring to launder funds received through online romance scams spanning two years. The defendant also...
Virginia woman admits conspiring with inmates to obtaining Covid 19 unemployment benefits
RICHMOND, Va. June 11, 2021 – Virginia Smith (aged 37, of Glen Allen, Virginia) on Friday pleaded guilty to charges of conducting mail fraud and conspiring with inmates at Baskerville Correctional Center to obtain...
Two indicted by Grand Jury for coronavirus relief related fraud
Denver, Co. June 4, 2021 - Russell Foreman and Chandler Simbeck on May 18 were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury on counts of wire fraud, money laundering and conspiring to defraud the United...