A former Georgia police officer has been sentenced to 59 months in prison for attempting to launder $500,000 in fraudulently obtained COVID-19 relief funds. The former officer is Andrew Jackson.
(The Center Square) – Five people have been convicted on charges related to a $1.4 million scheme to take Paycheck Protection Program funds for a fake business while selling cocaine.
GRAND RAPIDS, MI United States Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that five men were indicted by a grand jury on multiple federal charges for fraudulently obtaining and misappropriating Paycheck Protection Program ( PPP ) loan funds.
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security ( CARES ) Act is a federal law designed to provide emergency financial assistance to the millions of Americans who are suffering the economic effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. One source of relief provided by the CARES Act was the authorization of forgivable loans to small businesses through the PPP program, which was designed to provide small businesses with loans in order to keep employees on the payroll.