Federal district · prosecutions
U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
10 pandemic-relief fraud prosecution records for the District of Utah, naming 10 defendants. By program: 7 PPP, 1 EIDL, 2 other or unclassified. None has a case page in the archive. An amount is stated for 9 of them, from $210,000 to $1,889,400. Source dates run from 2021-07-15 to 2026-02-17.
Cases
10 defendants · 0 with a case page · sorted by amount, largest first
| Defendant | Case page | Program | Charge | Amount | Disposition | Sentence | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giuseppe Mirenda | Utah Restaurant Owner Sentenced to Federal Prison for COVID Fraud | EIDL | two counts of conversion of government property | $1,889,400 obtained | guilty plea | 13 months | 2024-08-15 |
| Bradford Leland Fishback | St. George Businessman Sentenced to 29 Months for Fraudulently Receiving Over $685,000 in COVID-Relief Funds | Other | wire fraud, money laundering, false claims, false statements | $685,845.05 actual loss | plea | 29 months | 2024-05-14 |
| Marcelo Federico Torre | A Utah Entrepreneur Was Sentenced Today to 18 Months' Imprisonment (Marcelo Federico Torre, Draper, Utah) | PPP | wire fraud, possession of stolen mail | $628,307 PPP loan proceeds fraudulently obtained | guilty plea | 18 months | 2025-06-25 |
| Michael Leroi Douros | Utah County Man Sentenced for Fraud Related to a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan | PPP | bank fraud, false statement, money laundering, false statements | $437,891 total amount of fraudulent representations for PPP loans | plea | 28 months | 2022-01-24 |
| Troy Campbell | Utah Businessman Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding the COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program Out of $437,230 | PPP | wire fraud, money laundering | $437,230 PPP loan proceeds fraudulently obtained | guilty plea | 18 months | 2025-11-25 |
| Nicholas Frank Sciotto | Utah Fraudster Sentenced for Selling 120,000 Fake COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards | HHS, CDC | conspired to defraud the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) by selling and distributing counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination record cards | $400,000 obtained over approximately $400,000 in profits | guilty plea | 12 months | 2024-10-10 |
| Chris E. McCormick | 2023 06 05 Utah Fraudster Sentenced To 24 Months After Stealing Thousands Of Dollar 32986940 | PPP | false statements, money laundering | $266,000 amount obtained from fraudulent PPP loan application | plea | 24 months | 2023-06-05 |
| Peter N. Sinju | Utah Accountant Sentenced after Fraudulently Obtaining Over $221,000 in Paycheck Protection Program Loan Funds | PPP/EIDL | wire fraud | $221,400 PPP/EIDL loans obtained for unwitting clients | plea | 2026-02-17 | |
| Lisa Bradshaw Rowberry | 2021 07 15 Two Sentenced For PPP Loan Application Fraud Involving Trucking Company 908fd31e | PPP | Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan fraud | $210,000 obtained (release: obtained $210,000 in loan funding) | plea | 12 months | 2021-07-15 |
| Hubert Ivan Ugarte | 2021 07 15 Two Sentenced For PPP Loan Application Fraud Involving Trucking Company 908fd31e | PPP | 36 months | 2021-07-15 |
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 10 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.