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A Detroit scammer’s brazen scheme to bilk taxpayers out of $1.9M in unemployment insurance and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds has ended with a guilty plea.
Tauheed Salik Wilder, 43, ripped off hundreds of false claims for unemployment insurance benefits in multiple states, including Michigan and California, using the names and identities of unsuspecting victims.
Wilders’ scheme not only targeted unemployment insurance, but he also applied for and received two PPP loans in his own name, totaling $84,000.
U.S. Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. slammed the scheme, saying ‘fraud against the government is itself a pandemic’ that undermines the economy.
Wilder’s guilty plea sends a clear message to those who would steal from taxpayers, said Anthony P. D’Esposito, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General.
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📋 Key Facts
- Crime: White Collar Crime
- Defendant: Paycheck Protection Program
- Location: MI
- Source: DOJ Press Release
