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A Gaithersburg, Maryland man orchestrated a brazen COVID-19 relief scheme, swiping over $163,000 in PPP funds for his phony company.
Eric Tataw, 39, applied for two loan applications, making outlandish claims about his business’s employees and payroll.
On his loan applications, Tataw made several materially false statements, including inflating the number of employees and annual monthly payroll amounts.
He submitted fake earning statements in the names of individuals who did not work for his company, National Telegraph, LLC, and even submitted false tax documents to support the applications.
Tataw fraudulently obtained $163,302 in PPP funding and misused most of these funds on personal expenses.
Additionally, he applied for a fraudulent $150,000 Economic Injury Disaster Loan in October 2020, again making false statements about his business’s revenue.
Tataw attempted to obstruct justice by providing fake documents to a subpoenaed grand-jury witness and instructed her to bring the documents to the grand jury.
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📋 Key Facts
- Crime: White Collar Crime
- Defendant: Maryland
- Location: MD
- Source: DOJ Press Release
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