A Las Vegas race car driver, who was the target of a murder-for-hire plot last year, faces theft and money laundering charges after he allegedly stole more than $1 million in COVID-related government loans, according to documents the 8 News Now Investigators obtained.
The man is alleged to have lied on paperwork to get COVID-19 relief loans and convinced a senior citizen to provide him significant money through personal loans he didn’t pay back.
A former Mozambique finance minister who has been held in prison in South Africa for nearly five years was extradited Wednesday to the United States to face a fraud and corruption trial over a $2 billion scandal involving fraudulent government loans. Chang is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn.
agreement to head off a potential default on government loans. however, there s still many hurdles in the way as we await the text of that bill. before president biden can sign the deal, it must first pass the house, then the senate. today majority leader chuck schumer put senators on notice that a vote could come as early as next weekend, before the june 5th deadline. cbs s natalie brand leads us off tonight from the white house. natalie, good evening. reporter: good evening, jericka. the president spoke again today with speaker mccarthy. he tells us he s confident this bill will reach his desk. we ve got good news. reporter: president biden expressed optimism that he can sell his budget deal to members of his party. we ve reached a bipartisan budget agreement and we re ready to move to the full congress. and i think it s a really important step forward. reporter: over on capitol hill house speaker kevin mccarthy is working on getting the votes.