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$400K PPP Loan Scheme By CEO At PA Tax Prep Company Federally Indicted: DOJ $400K PPP Loan Scheme By CEO At PA Tax Prep Company Federally Indicted: DOJ
$400K PPP Loan Scheme By CEO At PA Tax Prep Company Federally Indicted: DOJ The CEO of a Pennsylvania tax preparation company is accused of orchestrating a $400,000 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan fraud scheme and destroying evidence to obstruct a federal investigation, prosecutors announced on Thursday, March 20. Dommonick T. Chatman, 49, of York, was indicted on 20 counts of bank fraud and one count of destroying records in a federal probe, according to Acting U.S. Attorney John C. Gurganus. Chatman is the CEO of *The Chatman Group LLC*, a financial services and tax preparation business based in York. Federal officials say he submitted—or directed employ…
Pennsylvania Man Helped Funnel $1.5M In Pandemic Fraud To Overseas Criminals: DOJ Pennsylvania Man Helped Funnel $1.5M In Pandemic Fraud To Overseas Criminals: DOJ
Pennsylvania Man Helped Funnel $1.5M In Pandemic Fraud To Overseas Criminals: DOJ A Pennsylvania man who acted as a "money mule" in a massive pandemic fraud scheme that funneled more than $1.5 million in stolen relief funds to overseas criminals will spend more than three years behind bars, federal officials announced. James G. Miller Jr., 53, of Scranton, was sentenced to 41 months in prison for his role in the wire fraud operation, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said in a release on Monday, March 3. Investigators say Miller helped move stolen pandemic aid—including Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), Lost Wage Assistance Paymen…
$44M COVID Tax Scheme: 7 Nabbed In Largest US Case Ever $44M COVID Tax Scheme: 7 Nabbed In Largest US Case Ever
$44M COVID Tax Scheme: 7 Nabbed In Largest US Case Ever Seven New Yorkers have been charged in a sweeping tax fraud scheme, accused of exploiting pandemic relief programs to steal over $44 million, federal prosecutors announced. The indictment by the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, unsealed Wednesday, Jan. 22, alleges that the defendants filed over 8,000 fraudulent tax returns, seeking more than $600 million in COVID-19 relief funds through the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) and related programs. Investigators determined the group successfully secured $44 million from the federal government. Defendants Long Island …