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A mother-daughter duo has been sentenced to prison for defrauding the government of approximately $1.7 million. Westchester County residents Alicia Ayers and her mother, Andrea Ayers, both of Mount Vernon, were found guilty of submitt…

A mother and daughter from Mount Vernon who defrauded the government in a $1.7 million kickback scheme will pay for their three-week crime spree with years in prison. Alicia Ayers, 37, was sentenced to two years in prison and Andrea Ayers, 57, was sentenced to three-and-a-half years, in U.S. District Court, White Plains on April 26.

A mother-daughter duo has been sentenced to prison for defrauding the government of approximately $1.7 million. Westchester County residents Alicia Ayers and her mother, Andrea Ayers, both of Mount Vernon, were found guilty of submitt…

A Mount Vernon mother and daughter have agreed to pay back nearly $1.7 million they stole from the U.S. Small Business Administration. Andrea Ayers and her daughter, Alicia Ayers, who also lives in Stamford, consented to forfeiture orders filed in U.S. District Court, White Plains, on Dec. 8 and Dec. 12.

Nearly two years since the murder of 13-year-old Maurco Toler, two men were sentenced to life in prison on Thursday afternoon.

Federal prosecutors said Andrea and Alicia Ayers filed more than 300 fraudulent claims for COVID-19 relief grants

The U.S. lost as much as $100 billion in funds as government programs got abused by applicants for benefits and aids related to the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Since the beginning of [...]

Investigators say there was so much fraud in federal covid-relief programs that — even after two years of work and hundreds of prosecutions — they’re still just getting started.

COVID-19-related benefit programs relied on the honor system to combat abuse, resulting in massive fraud costing the government as much as $100 billion.

There really was $10,000 in free money to be had by those with few scruples and enough sense to keep it modest.