Tag: Pandemic Relief Fraud

  • Christopher Upshaw, Mail Fraud, Georgia 2026

    Christopher Upshaw, Mail Fraud, Georgia 2026

    ⏱ 2 min read Four Georgia men – Christopher Upshaw, Johnathon Swift, and two others – were involved in a massive pandemic relief fraud scheme in Columbus, GA, where they conspired to defraud taxpayers by unlawfully claiming millions in pandemic relief funds designed to help small businesses and workers. The scheme, which attempted to steal…

  • Ronald Ray Brock II, Wire Fraud, North Carolina 2023

    Ronald Ray Brock II, Wire Fraud, North Carolina 2023

    ⏱ 2 min read Ronald Ray Brock II, a 50-year-old resident of Fayetteville, North Carolina, has been charged with defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of nearly $1 million. Brock allegedly carried out a scheme in which he obtained $996,668.50 in PPP loans using the names of three businesses: MedCom Medical Messaging, Inc., Physicians Answering…