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.
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Local business owners who are struggling to recover from the pandemic are frustrated to hear that the owner of a Massachusetts pizza parlor fraudulently obtain more than $660,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds.
Dana McIntyre, 57, of Grafton, Vermont, lied about the number of employees he had, then used some of the money to buy and stock an alpaca farm in Vermont, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
Meanwhile, small business owners scrambled to get federal aid through the Paycheck Protection Program, which the New York Times reported ran out of funding four weeks before its scheduled end date. Last month, lawmakers extended the PPP deadline to May 31.
A former Massachusetts resident was arrested Tuesday in connection with allegedly filing a fraudulent loan application in order to obtain over $660,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan funds and using those funds for personal expenses, including