The effort has been dubbed Operation No Doze. The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon announced on Wednesday a $63 million fraud crackdown related to pandemic relief funds. The office has charged 22 defendants since June 2026. According to US Attorney…
A North Carolina man, formerly of Florida, has been sentenced in federal court in Rhode Island for orchestrating a scheme to fraudulently obtain unemployment insurance benefits funded in part by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) and Families…
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon and the U.S. Small Business Administration announced the launch of “Operation No Doze” on Wednesday. The U.S. Department of Justice said the operation aims to recover $1.2 billion in…
An Allentown woman has admitted to fraudulently filing loan applications through COVID-era federal relief programs, leading to approximately $1,009,050 in funded loans, according to federal authorities. Cordero was federally charged in February. She admitted to filing two fraudulent PPP loan applications…
Mayerlyn Cordero pleaded guilty to five counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to file false claims. Cordero submitted 13 fraudulent PPP and EIDL applications that yielded about $1 million in loans. The fraudulent loan applications used inflated employee numbers and false tax…
Kimani Bracey created and disseminated fake tax returns, bank records and employment verification documents during the COVID-19 era through two websites. Creation and dissemination of fake documents during the COVID-19 era through two websites led a federal judge in Georgia…
Kara DiPietro, a senior official in the Department of General Services’ Fleet Management division, faces six counts of bank fraud. Pedestrian from Hampstead dies in vehicle collision at Westminster oil change facility Popular bar near University of Maryland to lose…
(The Center Square) – Creation and dissemination of fake documents during the COVID-19 era through two websites led a federal judge in Georgia on Wednesday to order a South Carolina resident to pay $386,960.50 in restitution and go to jail for two…
A federal grand jury has returned a 10-count indictment against a North Texas resident for allegedly defrauding pandemic relief programs of more than $680,000. April Watson, 50, also known as “April Watson Horton” and “April Shawnette Watson,” is charged with four counts…
NORTH CAROLINA (WWAY) — 35-year-old Daquan Copeland (left) of Houston, TX and 51-year-old Esless White Sr. (right) of Jamaica, NY, pleaded guilty in federal court to Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud by engaging in a scheme with others to defraud more…
COVID-era relief fraud: PPP and EIDL loan schemes, pandemic unemployment fraud, COVID testing scams and the prosecutions.
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