Feds bust M pandemic loan-fraud ring after tip on South Florida liquor store owner
At the height of the coronavirus outbreak, a South Florida man charged with drug dealing applied for and received a $250,000 federal government loa...
At the height of the coronavirus outbreak, a South Florida man charged with drug dealing applied for and received a $250,000 federal government loan for his liquor store that was supposed to be for businesses struggling during the pandemic. His bogus application tipped off federal investigators to what would turn out to be a $28 million fraud ring run by a Broward County tax preparer who submitted a pile of phony Paycheck Protection Program loan applications that were guaranteed by the Small Business Administration.