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Owner of Area Restaurant Sentenced to the Bureau of Prisons and Ordered to Pay Restitution for Crimes Related to COVID-Relief Funds

PEORIA, Ill. – A Saint Augustine, Illinois man, Michael Lewis Patch, 66, of the 100 block of West Third Street, has been sentenced to 90 days in the Bureau of Prisons, five years of Supervised Release, and to pay more than $64,000 in restitution.
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Chicago Man Convicted of $2.7 Million COVID-Relief Fraud

In 2020, QUAMDEEN AMUWO, 41, participated in a scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program.
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Suburban Chicago Businessman Found Guilty of Price Gouging N-95 Masks During Covid-19 Pandemic

KRIKOR TOPOUZIAN, owner of Concord Health Supply in Skokie, Ill., was convicted of violating the Defense Production Act.
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Pharmacist Convicted of Stealing and Selling COVID-19 Cards

A federal jury in Chicago convicted an Illinois pharmacist on Friday for stealing and selling COVID-19 vaccination cards.
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Suburban Chicago Man Indicted for COVID-19 Testing Fraud Scheme

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Two Suburban Chicago Residents Charged With $742,000 COVID-Relief Fraud

Department of Justice

Chicago-Area Businesswoman Charged With COVID-Relief Fraud

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EDVA Takes Action Against COVID-19 Fraud in 2022