Tag: COVID-19 fraud
Amy Denise Fields, Money Laundering, Tennessee 2026
⏱ 2 min read Amy Denise Fields, a 62-year-old Knoxville resident, has been indicted for her role in a scheme to launder fraudulent COVID-19 unemployment insurance benefits. Fields and her co-conspirators submitted fake applications for unemployment benefits to several states during the pandemic, using Fields’ personal info and bank accounts to receive the funds. The…
Mohammed Maio, Covid-19 Relief Loan Fraud, Arizona 2020
⏱ 2 min read A Phoenix family has admitted to running a $2.2 million Covid-19 fraud scheme, swindling the government out of relief loans meant for struggling businesses. Mohammed Maio, 43, and his parents, Souzan El-Sayed, 66, and Abukar Maio, 70, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud, as well as money…
Denise Baez, Wire Fraud, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 51-year-old former Veterans Affairs employee, Denise Baez, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for scamming $41,666 in Covid-19 benefits in Boston. Baez, from Brockton, submitted false applications for Paycheck Protection Program loans, claiming she earned income from a sole proprietorship. She used the money for personal expenses, then submitted loan…
Emmet Bowens, Wire Fraud and Money Laundering, Florida 2020
⏱ 2 min read Emmet Bowens, a 57-year-old Apopka man, ripped off the COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for $739,582 by submitting a fake loan application in May 2020, during the height of the pandemic. Bowens claimed to own a business called Buccaneer Technologies, which he said had 102 employees and an average monthly payroll…
Jamar Jackson, Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, New York 2020
⏱ 2 min read A Buffalo con artist raked in $70,900 in COVID-19 relief funds by posing as the owner of a lucrative lawn and garden business. Jamar Jackson, 43, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, a crime that carries a maximum 20-year prison sentence. According to court documents, Jackson submitted a fake…
Jesus Abreu, Wire Fraud, Massachusetts 2020
⏱ 2 min read A 38-year-old former Veterans Affairs employee, Jesus Abreu, was charged with wire fraud in federal court in Boston for scamming COVID-19 benefits. Abreu, of Brockton, MA, allegedly submitted false claims to obtain Economic Injury Disaster Loans and Paycheck Protection Program loans, totaling $74,066. The scheme took place between July 2020 and…
