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Dinesh Sah

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The profile

A Texas man who submitted 15 fraudulent PPP loan applications to eight lenders using 11 companies, obtaining roughly $17.3 million of a $24 million scheme — sentenced to more than 11 years in prison and ordered to forfeit eight homes, six vehicles, and over $9 million.

Identity and role

Dinesh Sah was prosecuted in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas for a large-scale PPP fraud scheme involving multiple shell companies and lenders.

The scheme and pandemic-relief role

According to the Department of Justice, Sah applied for 15 PPP loans from eight different lenders using 11 companies, obtaining approximately $17.3 million of a scheme valued at $24 million. He pleaded guilty and was later sentenced.

  • Charged: per DOJ Criminal Division, "Texas Man Charged In $24 Million COVID-Relief Fraud."
  • Pleaded guilty: per DOJ Criminal Division, "Texas Man Pleads Guilty to $24 Million COVID-Relief Fraud Scheme."
  • Sentenced: more than 11 years (roughly 132–133 months) in federal prison, $17,284,649.79 in restitution, and forfeiture of eight homes, six vehicles, and more than $9 million in assets, per DOJ USAO-NDTX, "Texas Man Sentenced for $24 Million COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme," and the DOJ's March 2022 fact sheet on combatting COVID-19 fraud.

Where they are now (2025–2026)

Not publicly documented beyond the sentencing and forfeiture record.

  • Cross River — POGO's analysis of early DOJ PPP prosecutions lists his case among those in which Cross River was the funding bank.

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