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Tuscaloosa Man Sentenced to Seven Years on COVID-19 Program Fraud Charges

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A press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Alabama published 2022-10-27, "Tuscaloosa Man Sentenced to Seven Years on COVID-19 Program Fraud Charges". It announces that Chief U.S. District Court Judge L. Scott Coogler sentenced Quincy T. Doss, 41, to 60 months in prison for PPP loan fraud and an additional 24 months for committing the offense while on supervised release, a total of 84 months followed by three years of supervised release. The release states that he pleaded guilty to wire fraud in June 2022 and, according to the plea agreement, received two PPP loans totaling more than $220,000 between April 2021 and November 2021 by falsely claiming his business was operating and had employees.

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“Tuscaloosa Man Sentenced to Seven Years on COVID-19 Program Fraud Charges.” Original at www.justice.gov. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2022-10-27-tuscaloosa-man-sentenced-to-seven-years-on-covid-19-program-4289758ece/, SHA-256 475709432e1e3aa32ffd5f2dcb9dd9d4b62abe7f557632bb205f3aa3083353a2.

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A federal judge today sentenced a Tuscaloosa man for defrauding the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Federal Bureau of Investigation  Acting Special Agent in Charge Felix A. Rivera-Esparra.
Chief U.S. District Court Judge L. Scott Coogler sentenced
Quincy T. Doss
, age 41, to 60 months in prison for the underlying PPP loan fraud and an additional 24 months for having committed the offense while on supervised release for other unrelated federal crimes.   Doss will serve his terms consecutively, resulting in a total custodial sentence of 84 months followed by three years of supervised release.  Doss pleaded guilty to wire fraud in June 2022.
According to the plea agreement, between April 2021 and November 2021, Doss submitted false and fraudulent PPP loan applications and received two separate PPP loans totaling more than $220,000.  In the loan applications, Doss falsely represented that his business was in operation and had employees for whom it paid salaries, that the funds would be used to retain workers, and that the information provided in the loan applications was true and accurate.
“The defendant defrauded a program intended to assist small business owners and their hard-working employees who suffered as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,” U.S. Attorney Escalona said.  “My office remains committed to investigating, prosecuting, and seeking stiff custodial sentences for those who took advantage of a national crisis to line their own pockets.”
“Greed drove Doss to enrich himself by defrauding a government program intended to provide relief  and ease the pain of COVID-19 economic restraints on working Americans,” Acting SAC Rivera said. “The sentence handed down today should serve as a message that the FBI and our partners will not relent in holding accountable those who exploit the PPP and other federal programs for personal gain.”
FBI investigated the case.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan “Jack” Harrington prosecuted the case.
Throughout the country, federal, state, and local law enforcement are on high alert to investigate reports of individuals and businesses engaging in a wide range of fraudulent and criminal behavior related to coronavirus assistance programs.  For more information about these scams visit
https://www.justice.gov/coronavirus/combatingfraud
.
Anyone with information about allegations of attempted fraud involving COVID-19 can report it by calling the Department of Justice’s National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) Hotline at 866-720-5721 or via the NCDF Web Complaint Form at:
https://www.justice.gov/disaster-fraud/ncdf-disaster-complaint-form
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