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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.
Updated 2 hours ago
NBC Universal, Inc.
Local business owners who are struggling to recover from the pandemic are frustrated to hear that the owner of a Massachusetts pizza parlor is accused of fraudulently obtaining 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 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.
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.