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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – RACQUEL PICHON (“PICHON”), age 42, formerly of Slidell, Louisiana, was sentenced on April 14, 2026, for false statements and theft of government funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1001 and 641, announced U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle.

BOSTON – A Brockton man was charged yesterday in federal court in Boston with wire fraud.

Preston Randall admitted applying to the U.S. Small Business Administration for a series of Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) for various businesses using various names.

BOSTON – A South Carolina businessman has pleaded guilty in federal court in Worcester to COVID relief fraud.

U.S. Attorney Andrew S. Boutros is taking a fresh look at Covid-19 fraud.

A former Wheeling business owner has admitted to fraud totaling nearly $300,000 in COVID relief funds, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey. Bradley Temple, 48, of Delray Beach, Florida (formerly of Wheeling, WV) pled guilty to unlawful money transactions.

A rideshare driver from the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles has been arrested on a five-count federal indictment charging him with fraudulently obtaining more than $2 million in COVID-19 pandemic business-relief loans on behalf of his nonexistent companies, which he instead used to buy cryptocurrency, the Justice Department announced today.