Federal district · prosecutions
U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
8 pandemic-relief fraud prosecution records for the District of Connecticut, naming 8 defendants. By program: 7 PPP, 1 EIDL. None has a case page in the archive. An amount is stated for 8 of them, from $41,666 to $4,000,000. Source dates run from 2022-08-16 to 2026-05-12.
Cases
8 defendants · 0 with a case page · sorted by amount, largest first
| Defendant | Case page | Program | Charge | Amount | Disposition | Sentence | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moustapha Diakhate | Stamford Man Sentenced to Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining More Than $4 Million in COVID-19 Relief Funds | PPP | wire fraud and making an illegal monetary transaction | $4,000,000 PPP loans obtained for six entities | guilty plea | 42 months | 2022-08-16 |
| Omar Rajeh | Hamden Man Who Defrauded Pandemic Relief Programs Sentenced to 15 Months in Federal Prison | PPP | defrauding COVID-19 pandemic relief programs | $750,000 defrauding COVID-19 pandemic relief programs of more than | sentenced | 15 months | 2025-07-10 |
| VINCENZO MINUTOLO | Shelton Man Sentenced to Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining COVID-19 Relief Funds | PPP/UI | fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief funds | $285,000 loss (release: defrauded the PPP of more than $145,000 and the Connecticut DOL of more than $140,000; restitution $244,612) | guilty plea | 21 months | 2025-12-10 |
| Victoria Kates | New Britain Woman Sentenced to Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining COVID-19 Relief Funds | PPP/UI | wire fraud | $233,306 largest figure in the release | sentenced | 3 months | 2026-01-09 |
| Terry Collins | Bristol Man Sentenced to 6 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking, Defrauding COVID-19 Relief Program | PPP | conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, and one count of money laundering related to the PPP loan scheme | $149,030 obtained | plea | 72 months | 2025-09-09 |
| John Matava | 2024 03 29 Coventry Man Sentenced To 2 Years In Prison For Fraudulently Obtaining C 7a694294 | PPP | false statements, wire fraud | $100,000 fraudulent PPP loan amount obtained | plea | 24 months | 2024-03-29 |
| Tony Sterlin Cantave | Cheshire Man Who Defrauded Pandemic Relief Program is Sentenced | EIDL | theft of government money, making an illegal monetary transaction | $96,200 loan proceeds received | plea | 3 months | 2026-05-12 |
| ANTRUM COSTON | New Haven Man Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison for PPP Loan Fraud, Money Laundering, and Drug Offenses (2023-09-19) | PPP | wire fraud, money laundering, and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances | $41,666 two PPP loans received | guilty plea | 37 months | 2023-09-19 |
Data and method
Each row is one row of the pandemic-relief sentences table, printed as that table prints it: defendant, program, charge, amount and its basis, disposition, and the date of the source the row was read from. A blank cell is a blank cell in the table. The sentence column states the months of imprisonment the table records, or the years of probation where it records no custodial term. A case page is linked only where a case page in this district names the defendant; 0 of the 8 rows do. District is the table’s own district field, resolved to this court. Rows whose district field names only a state with more than one federal district are not placed on any district page. A date the table writes in another form is restated as YYYY-MM-DD; a cell that is not a date is printed as it stands. An amount of $1 billion or more is left out — 1 row here: those cells carry a program appropriation quoted in the source release, not a sum attributed to the defendant. Some defendants have more than one row because the table read them from more than one source.
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