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South Florida residents sentenced for $28 million PPP fraud scheme

January 14, 2023January 14, 2023palmbeachfederaldefense

Four South Florida residents were sentenced to prison on Friday for their involvement in a $28 million PPP fraud scheme.  The sentences ranged from 15 months in prison to 70 months in prison. According to the Department of Justice, one of the
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Local Attorney gets 41 months for Covid Loan Fraud

January 9, 2023January 14, 2023palmbeachfederaldefense

An attorney from Palm Beach Gardens was sentenced for COVID loan fraud last week to 41 months in federal prison. The attorney plead guilty to seeking more than $1.6 million in fraudulent forgivable Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)
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FLSD Cracks Down on Covid Loan Fraud

October 7, 2022January 5, 2023palmbeachfederaldefense

The Southern District of Florida’s (FLSD) U.S. Attorney’s Office has been selected to head one of three COVID-19 Fraud Strike Force Teams nationally. In recent weeks alone, FLSD has charged 23 COVID-19 relief fraud cases, with scheme amounts totaling over $150 million.
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New Chief Prosecutor to be Appointed for Pandemic Fraud

March 3, 2022March 29, 2022palmbeachfederaldefense

In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Biden announced that he is appointing a new Chief Prosecutor to the DOJ’s COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force. According to the White House, the Chief Prosecutor will lead teams of specialized prosecutors
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South Florida Man Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Loan Fraud

September 7, 2021December 30, 2022palmbeachfederaldefense

A 58 year-old man pled guilty on August 31, 2021 in Miami federal court to a felony Information charging him with wire fraud in connection with his fraudulent application to the U.S. Small Business Administration for a low-interest COVID-19 relief loan. According
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Feds Crack Down on PPP Loan Fraud Schemes

August 7, 2020December 30, 2022palmbeachfederaldefense

As another coronavirus relief package stalls in Congress, the federal government is cracking down on borrowers who obtained fraudulent loan proceeds from the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”), established as part of the original Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“the
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