Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that AMOS MUNDENDI, a/k/a “Mos,” a/k/a “El Ashile Mundi,” was
Clackamas County man accused in $14M COVID relief fund fraud
Apocalypse Bella, aka Dias Yumba, indicted in alleged scheme to steal from Paycheck Protection Program
A Clackamas County resident has been charged alongside two other men for using two companies to fraudulently apply for $14 million in COVID-19 small business relief loans, according to an indictment unsealed April 22 in Manhattan Federal Court.
Apocalypse Bella, aka Dias Yumba, of Clackamas County was charged alongside Mackenzy Toussaint and Amos Mundendi for multiple counts of conspiracy and fraud that could land them 55 years in prison, given maximum sentences.
Bella, 36, was arrested March 18 in Virginia.
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Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jonathan D. Larsen, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation ( IRS-CI ), William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ), Amaleka McCall-Brathwaite, Eastern Region Special Agent-in-Charge of the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Small Business Administration ( SBA ), and Stephen Donnelly, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Office of the Inspector General of the Board of Governors for the Federal Reserve announced that Apocalypse Bella, aka Dias Yumba, Mackenzy Toussaint, aka Mack, and Amos Mundendi, aka Mos, aka El Ashile Mundi, were charged with participating in a fraudulent scheme to obtain over $14 million in Government-guaranteed loans designed to provide relief to small businesses during the novel coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic.
The goal of the scheme was to obtain at least approximately $14 million in government-guaranteed loans for various companies through the PPP which is designed to provide financial relief to qualifying companies during the COVID-19 pandemic, the indictment alleged. Apocalypse Bella and his co-defendants are charged with engaging in a scheme to obtain over $14 million in fraudulent loans from the government, U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said. The Coronavirus pandemic has profoundly affected the global economy, and Government-funded Coronavirus loan programs provide much-needed economic relief to individuals, families, and businesses suffering economic hardships. This Office and our law enforcement partners will continue to ensure the watchful protection of these critical funds from fraud.