Reports

BOSTON – A Worcester man was sentenced in federal court in Boston for fraudulently obtaining tens of thousands of dollars in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) while employed as a TSA Security Officer full-time.

URBANA, Ill. – A Bourbonnais, Illinois, woman, Octavia Renee Murphy, 37, of the 700 block of Double Jack Street, was sentenced on May 19, 2026, to one year in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering.

ABSALOM HALL pleaded guilty to wire fraud, tax, and money laundering charges.

KENNETH DENNING, 69, of Holland, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to offenses stemming from his operation of the Electric Blue, a strip club in Tolland, Connecticut, where he and his employees promoted and facilitated prostitution.

SHAUN BROUWER manufactured and sold counterfeit versions of network jacks.

Teresita Tiongson, 81, of Springfield, and Chung Shih, 39, of Sterling, pled guilty for their roles in submitting fraudulent loan applications through pandemic relief programs.

This independent auditors’ report on the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) improper payment reporting is required by the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019. We contracted with the independent certified public accounting firm KPMG LLP to conduct a performance audit of SBA’s fiscal year (FY) 2025 compliance with the Act. The auditor was engaged to review the payment integrity section of SBA’s Agency Financial Report Fiscal Year 2025 and accompanying materials to determine whether the agency complied with the reporting requirements under the Act. In the report, KPMG auditors found...

Jarrell Curne, 37, of Kansas City, Mo., was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a wire fraud case that resulted in more than $312,500 in fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans being issued under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.