NYPD, Correction Officers Charged For Pandemic Relief Fraud

Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that 7 NYPD workforce are amid the 17 New York Town municipal staff accused of COVID-19 relief techniques defrauding the federal government of additional than $1.5 million, Ben Feuerherd and Mark Lungarillo report for the New York Post. The town employees included have been charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud for the fraudulent programs and confront up to 20 yrs in jail. The techniques included fraudulent filings under the Financial Injuries Disaster Loan program and the Paycheck Protection System. 

“Of those arrested currently are civil servants, NYPD staff members, and a Captain for the Department of Corrections. These are people who held positions of trust and experienced robust, steady jobs though so lots of people today struggled all through the pandemic,” reported IRS-CI Special Agent in Charge Thomas M. Fattorusso in a Section of Justice assertion. “The information that these arrests are sending should be a obvious a single: No one is earlier mentioned the legislation and though the pandemic has receded from the headlines, IRS-CI’s determination to bringing those people who defrauded these programs to justice continues to be unwavering.”