Two brothers, one from Miramar and one from Lake Worth, were indicted in Fort Lauderdale for fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars in COVID-19 pandemic relief loans and advances from the Small Business Administration (SBA) through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. According
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Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg announced on Wednesday that his office has created a new task force to investigate and prosecute people who defrauded the federal paycheck protection program. The new PPP fraud task force will work with the Palm
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A former South Florida regional manager for a leading national bank was sentenced to 120 months in prison for participating in a $15 million COVID loan fraud conspiracy. The defendant, who pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud,
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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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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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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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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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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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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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