Incarcerated Florida businessman, 10 companies to pay $20M in pandemic relief fraud

Former Baltimore City Council candidate convicted of fraud for abusing $1.7 million in COVID relief funds

A woman who ran for Baltimore City Council in 2019 has been convicted of fraud for misusing nearly $1.7 million in COVID-19 relief funds, according to the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office.

Long Island tax preparer bilked IRS out of $12M in COVID scheme she used to buy jewelry, a Honda — and even a house in DR: prosecutors

Damaris Beltre, 57, filed false tax returns for her clients between 2021 and 2024, and launched a scheme to illegally obtain Payroll Protection Program loans during the pandemic, federal prosecutors said.

Lauderhill woman charged with defrauding COVID rental assistance program

Officials thought a Lauderhill woman named Sandra Martin was renting out four different properties throughout Broward County when granting her over $80,000 in emergency rental assistance money over the course of two years, deputies say. But it turned out that she only owned one of them, and none of them had renters. The other three homes belonged to different women, also called Sandra Martin, whose names the Lauderhill woman had used, unbeknowns…

Incarcerated Florida businessman, 10 companies to pay $20M in pandemic relief fraud

The Justice Department said Wednesday an incarcerated Florida businessman and 10 companies he owned or operated will pay $20.074.458.20 for violating the False Claims Act to obtain fraudulent pandemic relief loans.

Constitutional Matters Committee Recommends Ten Years of Imprisonment for Fraud Dealings – Foroyaa Newspaper

By Kebba AF Touray The Human Rights and Constitutional Matters Committee of the National Assembly has recommended ten years of imprisonment for persons liable and convicted for fraudulent dealings as punishment.  The Committee made this and other recommendations in its report on the Criminal Offences Bill 2020, which lawmakers at the National Assembly are considering. Clause 246 of the Bill deals with fraudulent dealings with minerals from mines…

Miami Entrepreneur Gilda Rosenberg Admits to Defrauding U.S. Government in Two Cases

A Colombian-American entrepreneur residing in Miami has acknowledged her involvement in defrauding federal authorities following two plea agreements related to separate cases in Florida and Texas. Gilda Rosenberg, who operates a vending machine business in Miami-Dade County and was previously sued by NBA player Alonzo Mourning, pleaded guilty to federal charges concerning tax evasion. According to federal prosecutors, Rosenberg and her family co…