Riverview Man Sentenced To 13 Months’ Imprisonment For COVID-19 Relief Fraud
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A press release of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida dated Tuesday, June 11, 2024, announcing that U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell sentenced Alexander Alli, 39, of Riverview, to 13 months in federal prison for conspiracy and wire fraud in connection with COVID-19 relief funds. It states that a forfeiture order of $82,400 was entered and that a jury found him guilty on March 13, 2024. According to the release, he and a co-conspirator submitted an Economic Injury Disaster Loan application representing that his business was suffering injury from the pandemic, although it had ceased operations before the pandemic began. It states that the SBA approved and funded a total of $82,500 in EIDL funds, which he spent on other than business purposes.
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Press Release Riverview Man Sentenced To 13 Months’ Imprisonment For COVID-19 Relief Fraud Tuesday, June 11, 2024 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Tampa, FL – U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell has sentenced Alexander Alli (39, Riverview) to 13 months in federal prison for conspiracy and wire fraud in connection with his fraudulent receipt of COVID-19 relief funds. The Court also entered an order of forfeiture in the amount of $82,400, the proceeds of the fraud. Alli was found guilty by a jury on March 13, 2024. According to court documents, Alli and a co-conspirator submitted a fraudulent Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) application to the Small Business Administration (SBA). Alli falsely represented that he had a business suffering injury due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the EIDL funds would be used only for business-related purposes, as specified in the loan applications. However, Alli’s business was no longer operational at the time his EIDL application was submitted and had ceased operations prior to the start of the pandemic. While Alli certified the EIDL funds would be used for his business, the evidence showed he spent the funds fraudulently. Alli’s false and fraudulent representations caused the SBA to approve and fund a total of $82,500 in EIDL funds. In May 2021, the Attorney General established the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force to marshal the resources of the Department of Justice in partnership with agencies across government to enhance efforts to combat and prevent pandemic-related fraud. The task force bolsters efforts to investigate and prosecute the most culpable domestic and international criminal actors and assists agencies tasked with administering relief programs to prevent fraud by augmenting and incorporating existing coordination mechanisms, identifying resources and techniques to uncover fraudulent actors and their schemes, and sharing and harnessing information and insights gained from prior enforcement efforts. This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Jennifer Peresie and Merrilyn E. Hoenemeyer. Anyone with information about allegations of attempted fraud involving COVID-19 can report it by calling the Justice Department’s National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) Hotline at 866-720-5721 or via the NCDF Web Complaint Form at www.justice.gov/disaster-fraud/ncdf-disaster-complaint-form. Updated June 11, 2024 Topics Coronavirus Disaster Fraud Financial Fraud Component USAO - Florida, Middle Related Content Press Release Second Member Of Multi-State Gas Pump Skimming Device And Fuel Theft Ring Pleads Guilty To Aggravated Identity Theft And Fraud Charges Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Luis Edel Trujillo Pena (29, Miami) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Pena faces up to... December 6, 2024 Press Release Illegal Alien Sentenced In Multi-Million Dollar Wire And Tax Fraud Scheme Jacksonville, Florida – United States District Judge Wendy W. Berger has sentenced Pablo Isila Euceda-Hernandez (36), a Honduran national illegally present in United States, to 27 months in federal prison for... December 5, 2024 Press Release Multiple Conspirators Sentenced In $54.3 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Luis Lacerda (37, West Palm Beach) to three years and five months in federal prison, Omar Solari (36, Fort Lauderdale)... December 2, 2024
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