An alpaca farm and vintage car: Feds say former Massachusetts pizzeria owner used $660K in COVID-relief funds for personal use MassLive.com 5/4/2021 Benjamin Kail, masslive.com
A former Massachusetts man falsely claimed nearly 50 employees worked at his Beverly pizzeria to obtain more than half a million dollars in COVID-19 relief before selling the place and going on a personal spending spree that included a Vermont alpaca farm, federal authorities allege.
Dana L. McIntyre, 57, of Grafton, Vermont, faces charges of wire fraud and money laundering after federal investigators said he filed a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program loan application for his Rasta Pasta Pizzeria in April of 2020.
Ex-North Shore pizza shop owner defrauded COVID-19 fund to buy alpaca farm, feds say Share Updated: 1:33 PM EDT May 4, 2021 AP Photo/Toby Talbot
TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Updated: 1:33 PM EDT May 4, 2021 A former North Shore resident is accused of defrauding a federal COVID-19 relief program of hundreds of thousands of dollars, some of which he used to purchase an alpaca farm, according to the US Attorney’s Office.Dana L. McIntyre, 57, of Grafton, Vermont, and previously of Beverly and Essex, Massachusetts, was charged in a criminal complaint with one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering. McIntyre will make a virtual initial appearance in federal court in Boston Tuesday afternoon.McIntyre is the former owner of Rasta Pasta Pizzeria in Beverly. In April 2020, McIntyre submitted a fraudulent application for a Paycheck Protection Program loan for more than $660,000 through a Small Business Administration-approved
Updated: 3:37 PM EDT May 4, 2021
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.