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