Feds Find Thousands of Phony or Erroneous COVID-19 Relief Applications

Feds find thousands of phony or erroneous COVID-19 relief applications

While the COVID-19 pandemic is technically over, the fallout continues years later. A new investigation by the federal Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) found tens of thousands of cases in which loan applicants may have misrepresented their income.  How much money does the case involve? According to its website, the PRAC oversaw more than $5 trillion in pandemic relief programs and spending. It found “significant income discrepan…

SC daycare owner sentenced for $1M COVID-19 relief fraud scheme

SC day care owner sentenced in COVID-19 relief fraud scheme

Brandi McCoy has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for her role in a COVID-19 relief fraud scheme involving PPP loans, according to court records.

The public prosecutor (JPU) demanded that the panel of judges sentence the former Head of the Health Crisis Center at the Ministry of Health, Budi Sylvana, to four years in prison.