May 7, 2021
BOSTON (AP) The owner of a Massachusetts pizza parlor lied about the number of employees he had to fraudulently obtain more than $660,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds, then used some of the money to buy and stock an alpaca farm in Vermont, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
Dana McIntyre, 57, of Grafton, Vermont, was arrested Tuesday and charged with wire fraud and money laundering, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston.
He is scheduled to appear remotely in U.S. District Court in Boston later Tuesday.
“My client denies the allegation and will have further comment at a later date,” McIntyre’s attorney, Jason Stelmack, said in an email.
Man fraudulently obtained federal coronavirus relief funds to buy alpaca farm, prosecutors say
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BOSTON (AP) - The owner of a Massachusetts pizza parlor lied about the number of employees he had to fraudulently obtain more than $660,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds, then used some of the money to buy and stock an alpaca farm in Vermont, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
Dana McIntyre, 57, of Grafton, Vermont, was arrested Tuesday and charged with wire fraud and money laundering, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney s office in Boston.
Dana McIntyre, 57, of Grafton, Vermont, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with wire fraud and money laundering, according to a statement from the US attorney s office in Boston.
Man used fraudulent coronavirus-relief loan to buy alpaca farm: feds
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BOSTON (AP) The owner of a Massachusetts pizza parlor lied about the number of employees he had to fraudulently obtain more than $660,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds, then used some of the money to buy and stock an alpaca farm in Vermont, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
Dana McIntyre, 57, of Grafton, Vermont, was arrested Tuesday and charged with wire fraud and money laundering, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston.
He is scheduled to appear remotely in U.S. District Court in Boston later Tuesday.