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BOSTON – The former Director of the City of Boston’s Municipal Protective Services pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to obtaining federal pandemic funds through fraud.

A Michigan man was sentenced on October 20, 2026, to 70 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Hall imposed the sentence.

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Timothy Wadsworth, 35, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering, was sentenced to serve 51 months in prison and pay $810,965.19 in restitution by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. In addition, Wadsworth was ordered to forfeit $810,956.19, which represents the wire fraud proceeds he received. This case is part of the Trump Administration’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud.

Ian Jackson, a two-time convicted felon, was sentenced to more than ten years in federal prison today for executing a scheme to steal over $3 million in at least 15 fraudulent pandemic loans.

Baltimore, Maryland – A Maryland woman is facing indictment stemming from submitting fraudulent applications for millions of dollars in federal loans. Kara DiPietro, 49, of Towson, is charged with bank fraud in connection with fraudulent applications that she allegedly filed to obtain Paycheck Protection Program loans in the names of multiple businesses.

DES MOINES, Iowa –An Urbandale man was sentenced on October 1, 2026 to 24 months in federal prison for making false statements on a Small Business Administration (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan application and false declarations during subsequent bankruptcy proceedings.

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – On October 13, 2026, MARCEL GROSS (“GROSS”), age 56, of Slidell, was sentenced on October 13, 2026 by U.S. District Judge Darrel James Papillion, to four years’ probation and the payment of $350,272 in restitution, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle.

MOBILE, AL – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Alabama today announced sentencings as part of a nationwide enforcement actions led by the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, Internal Revenue Service, and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) targeting tax fraud and related offenses. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Alabama was key participant in this surge effort. Several defendants were sentenced for defrauding the United States of millions of dollars intended for businesses impacted by the...

ROANOKE, Va. – A Roanoke, Virginia woman, who allegedly obtained money from two separate COVID-19-era government programs and then lied on her taxes, was arraigned yesterday in federal court. Jazmin Jennings, 38, was indicted September 3, 2026 on six charges of making false tax returns and fraudulently obtaining money from two separate COVID-19-era government programs.

Araceli Benitez pleaded guilty in federal court to two charges related to Paycheck Protection Program fraud