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Merton Weed Jr. is the second Mainer to come under scrutiny this month in cases of fraud connected to the pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program.

The U.S. Attorney's Office says Mark X. Haley used some of the Paycheck Protection Program funds to make a down payment on a sailboat.

PORTLAND — Rockport resident and former Planning Board member Mark X. Haley II pleaded guilty today, Feb. 8, in U.S. District Court in Portland to a bank fraud scheme in which he filed nine fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan...

Mark X Haley II, pleaded guilty to submitting fraudulent loan applications. The man received over a million dollars. Haley II remains free while awaiting sentencing.

Mark X. Haley II, 42, listed false employee and payroll information on each application and submitted false documents to banks, IRS investigators say.

Mark X. Haley II, 42, of Rockport has plead guilty to getting $1 million in Paycheck Protection Program COVID-19 loans fraudulently.

Mark X. Haley II, 42, allegedly received more than $1 million after filing nine fraudulent PPP loan applications.

Mark X. Haley fraudulently obtained $1,010,581 in PPP funds. He used some of the funds to make a down payment on a sailboat.

Mark X. Haley II's former romantic partner, Rachel Klotz, has filed a lawsuit accusing him of inducing her to transfer large amounts of money to him on the belief that he could get better returns on her investments.

The lawsuit also claims that the federal government is investigating the man for fraudulently obtaining $1.2 million in Paycheck Protection Program money.