A chef who has worked around the Monterey Bay pleaded not guilty in a San Jose federal courtroom to fraud totaling $4 million in pandemic-related loans and grants.
MONTEREY – Monterey caterer Dory Lindsay Ford has been charged with defrauding the government out of $4 million in COVID-relief funds the U.S. Attorney’s…
Ford, 57, of Monterey, operated Aqua Terra Culinary, Inc., a catering company in Pacific Grove he launched in 2010. Before starting Aqua Terra, Ford was the executive chef at Ventana Inn & Spa in Big Sur, as well as at the Portola Cafe at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.