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Restaurant owner who hid over $2M in cash in his bedroom convicted of tax, COVID-relief fraud
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A San Diego restaurant owner was convicted of tax and COVID-relief fraud schemes, prosecutors said on Thursday.
Macon business owners pocketed more than $2M through COVID loan fraud, indictment says
The indictment accused James Frank Austin Jr., who established the Austin Smith Center for Community Development, of bank fraud, money laundering and conspiring to commit wire fraud. Rosalend Way was indicted alongside Austin on two counts of conspiring to commit wire fraud and money laundering.
San Diego restaurateur convicted of COVID relief fraud
Leronce Suel, who was the majority owner of companies that operated restaurants including North Park’s Streetcar Merchants, was indicted last year
Former San Diego Restaurateur Convicted of Fraud – Took $1.7M in COVID Aid
A San Diego restaurant owner has been convicted of taking pandemic funds and using the money to buy a home, not on his businesses.
MD man sentenced to over a year in prison in connection with $250K COVID-19 relief fraud
A 55-year-old man was sentenced to over a year in federal prisionDefendant fraudulently obtained more than $250,000 in COVID-19 relief benefitsBaltimore, Maryl
San Diego restaurant owner convicted of COVID relief fund fraud after $2.4M was found in shoeboxes
A former San Diego restaurant owner hid $2.4 million in cash inside shoeboxes in his Arkansas home, discovered after he was indicted for wire fraud amid COVID relief fund misappropriation allegations
Leronce Suel Convicted: Guilty of COVID-19 Relief Fraud and Tax Evasion
In a high-profile case that highlights the fight against financial fraud, Leronce Suel, a California restaurant owner, has been found guilty of an array of serious financial crimes, including wire fraud,
Sen. Mitt Romney sponsors new bill to repeal COVID-era tax credit after fraud
In a rare moment of widespread agreement in Washington, almost all members of Congress agree that we should eliminate the ...
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COVID Showed Americans the Cost of Bureaucratic Incompetence – Inside Sources
The COVID-19 pandemic epitomizes the federal bureaucracy’s callousness toward responsible stewardship and efficient ...
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3 Valley women sentenced for stealing inmate identities for COVID-19 unemployment fraud
Three Valley women were sentenced for their role in a complex scheme to steal COVID-19 benefits for inmates, prosecutors ...
Woman sentenced to 9 years in prison for $1M California unemployment insurance fraud during COVID pandemic
A judge sentenced a Northern California woman to nine years in prison on Tuesday for fraudulently obtaining more than $1 ...
Lakeland man indicted for COVID fraud
A Lakeland man is facing wire fraud charges related to a COVID-19 relief scheme, according to the Florida Department of ...
Fraud Verdicts Upheld Over Objections to Covid-19 Trial Protocol
Two men found guilty of hawking bogus investments lost appeals to undo their convictions Tuesday, when the Fourth Circuit ...
Four people charged with $178 million COVID fraud
An Arizona man and three associates have been charged in a scheme to defraud the U.S. Small Business Administration of at ...