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An Amherst political donor and businessman was sentenced to time served and home detention for funneling more than $3 million ...
COVID relief fraud cost Americans billions; New cases continue emerging ...
Amherst businessman admits to COVID-19 relief fraud, faces sentencing including home detention and restitution.
Herman Brunis of Cincinnati sentenced to over a year in prison for COVID-19 relief fraud, must pay $300,000 restitution.
Prosecutors said he claimed his business employed eight people and had an annual payroll of more than $583,000. In reality, ...
A Senate bill targeting fraud charges tied to the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant, which BI previously reported on, moved ...
More than $200 billion in COVID-19 relief loans and grants for small businesses may have been stolen by fraudsters, according to new estimates from a federal watchdog report.. The report ...
The scheme included the use of stolen identities of developmentally disabled persons who lived in long-term care facilities ...
About 40 people were detained Tuesday pending deportation proceedings during a federal law enforcement operation targeting ...
A Tomb Raider composer with a career spanning four decades is sentenced to jail after being found guilty of COVID-19-related ...
Tomb Raider composer and sound designer was arrested and sentenced to 16 months to abusing the UK COVID loan program.
The government has charged more than 2,300 people with allegedly perpetrating Covid-19 fraud, according to the SBA's report. This represents a significant ramp-up in the past two years.