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Jury Convicts Catawba Co. Man Of Bank Robbery, COVID-19 Fraud, And Aggravated Identity Theft

Husband And Wife Are Sentenced To Prison For Stealing $200,000 From A High School Booster Club

Three Indicted for $1 Million COVID-19 Relief Fraud

Charlotte Man Pleads Guilty To COVID-19 Fraud, Drug Distribution And Firearms Offense

Charlotte Woman Pleads Guilty To COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits Fraud

Untimely First Unemployment Benefit Payments

The objective of this audit was to determine the timeliness of first unemployment benefit payments from the Department of Commerce's Division of Employment Security (DES) during the period of January 1, 2020, through March 31, 2021 and, if untimely, identify the causes of the untimely payments. We found that DES did not issue $438 million of first unemployment benefit payments timely during the period of January 1, 2020, through March 31, 2021.

COVID-19 Rapid Recovery Loan Program Performance Audit: The Golden L.E.A.F

The audit objective was to determine whether The Golden L.E.A.F. (Long-term Economic Advancement Foundation), Inc. designed and implemented procedures to ensure that COVID-19 Rapid Recovery loan recipients used funds in accordance with the 2020 COVID-19 Recovery Act. The audit found that The Golden L.E.A.F. did not design and implement procedures to ensure that loan recipients used funds in accordance with the Act.

Catawba Co. Man Faces COVID-19 Relief Fraud And Bank Robbery Charges

Two Downtown Los Angeles Residents Arrested on Complaint Alleging They Fraudulently Obtained $300,000 in COVID-Relief Loans

Two downtown Los Angeles residents were arrested today on a federal criminal complaint alleging they fraudulently obtained more than $300,000 – and attempted to obtain an additional $1 million – in COVID-relief loans for several companies they claimed to own and operate.