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[email protected] Sources: COVID-19 FRAUD ENFORCEMENT TASK FORCE 2024 REPORT [ DOJ ] How to Catch Pandemic Fraud? Prosecutors Try Novel Methods. [ NYT ] Maryland Prince George’s County Man Pleads Guilty to a Federal Wire Fraud Conspiracy to Obtain Over $750,000 in COVID-19 CARES Act Loans and Unemployment Insurance Benefits [ DOJ ] Prince George’s County Man Pleads Guilty To A Federal Wire Fraud Conspiracy To Obtain Over $1 Million In Covid-19 Cares Act Loans And Unemployment Insurance Benefits [ DOJ ] Prince George’s County Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison for a Conspiracy to Obtain Over $1 Million in COVID-19 CARES Act Loans and Unemployment Insurance Benefits [ DOJ ] Florida Seventeen Broward Sheriff’s Office Employees Charged with COVID-19 Pandemic Relief Fraud [ DOJ ] Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy convicted at trial of COVID-19 relief fraud [ DOJ ] Florida Deputies Charged With Defrauding Covid Funds of Nearly $500,000 [ NYT ] Former Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy sentenced for Paycheck Protection Program fraud [ Local10 ] South Florida Man Sentenced to Prison for Covid-19 Relief Fraud, After Buying Jewelry and Luxury Cars with Loan Money [ DOJ ] Miami woman sentenced to 70 months in prison after using COVID-19 funds to gamble and launder money [ DOJ ] Alpaca Farm Former North Shore Pizzeria Owner Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for COVID Fraud [ DOJ ] Man Gets 2 Years in Prison for Spending Pandemic Money on Alpaca Farm [ NYT ] Final New Jersey Tax Preparer Charged in COVID-19 Employment Tax Credit Scheme [ DOJ ] CFO, Controller, Corporate Officers Charged in $53 Million Fraud Scheme Involving Pandemic Relief [ DOJ ] Former Florida State Representative Sentenced To Federal Prison For Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, And Making False Statements In Connection With COVID-19 Relief Fraud [ DOJ ]
