Two Oregonians face federal charges of COVID-19 relief fraud
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) In separate criminal cases, two Oregon men are facing federal charges for fraudulently converting to their personal use loans intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.
David Unitan, aka Danny Cohen, 46, of Lake Oswego, has been charged by criminal complaint with aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, and money laundering. Jeremy Clawson, 30, of Baker City, has been charged by criminal complaint with theft of government property.
Prosecutors said both men took advantage of economic relief programs administered by the Small Business Administration (SBA) through Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), as authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
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Members of a class of 12 Roma children segregated in a separate school in Beverly, Massachusetts on January 26, 1937 [File: AP/FOX]
In 1939, amid the Great Depression, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt met with Roma leader Steve Kaslov in New York City to discuss how the crisis had affected Romani Americans. In her diary, she wrote: “They are a sad people and a minority group I feel we should try to help.” That was a historic and very rare expression of White House concern for the struggles of Romani Americans.
Today, as a new Democratic administration is about to take over amid another crisis, Romani American activists hope that the issue of discriminations the community has been facing for decades will finally be addressed.
Domestic violence survivor plans to sue Clackamas County for retaliation over her abuse by jail deputy
Updated Dec 19, 2020;
A Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office employee who was the victim of domestic violence by a former jail deputy has notified the county of her plan to sue for discrimination and retaliation, saying the Sheriff’s Office failed to take the allegations seriously and instead protected her abuser.
A lawyer for Carin Sherman, a Clackamas County community service officer, outlined the claim in a Nov. 30 letter to the county.
Sherman said her claim will allege she was the target of sexual harassment and discrimination by the agency and that she was retaliated against for whistleblowing and initiating a criminal case against her former boyfriend, Brandon Kearns.
Deputies bust Ugg boot bandits at Clackamas Town Center
Larger retail theft ring investigation continues; tips sought for case extending to Tigard, Beaverton.
Clackamas County deputies said they interrupted an Ugg-boot heist at Clackamas Town Center on Dec. 8, which led to a larger, multi-agency bust of an organized retail theft ring.
Deputies first responded to a theft report at 2 p.m. at Dick s Sporting Goods at Clackamas Town Center. Two young female suspects were reported to have stolen several pairs of UGG boots before fleeing the location in gray Dodge Magnum with Washington license plates.
The descriptions of the suspects and suspect vehicle matched that of another attempted theft that had occurred a few weeks prior at the Clackamas Town Center Macy s department store. It also matched information distributed by the Tigard Police Department about an organized retail theft group operating in the area.