$3M PPP loans could get Texas man 20 years in fed prison
Eastern District of Texas
A Texas man pleaded guilty this week to filing fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $3 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
According to court documents, Fahad Shah, 44, admitted that he sought over $3 million in PPP loans from two different SBA-approved lenders. In the first application submitted to one lender, Shah sought over $1.7 million in PPP loan proceeds by fraudulently claiming that his company, WBF Weddings by Farah Inc. (WBF), employed 126 individuals with an average monthly payroll of over $700,000. In the second application, Shah sought over $1.5 million in PPP loan proceeds by fraudulently claiming that WBF had 126 employees with an average monthly payroll of over $600,000. According to court documents, WBF had only two employe
Islam Said Sentenced to 10 Years for Concealing Killer father Suspect from Arrest
An Irving man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for helping a capital murder suspect evade capture for more than a decade, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
On January 1, 2008, Said persuaded his estranged daughters Amina, 18, and Sarah, 17 to visit him. He said he was going to take them to get something to eat. Instead, he allegedly drove them in his taxi cab to a remote location and used a handgun to murder them. One of the girls was able to make a 911 call and was heard screaming for help, saying she and her sister were being shot by their father. Their bodies were discovered several hours later in the cab, which was abandoned outside a hotel in Irving, Texas.
Yaser Said savagely murdered his daughters, son Islam, who hid his whereabouts sentenced to 10 years in the slam sofmag.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sofmag.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Four San Angelo tax preparers have been charged with submitting fraudulent tax returns to the IRS, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
On Wednesday, April 14 2021, a federal grand jury indicted Hugo Cesar Granados, the manager of Columbia Tax Service, his adult daughter, Blanca L. Granados, his adult son, Hugo Alberto Granados, and his employee, Saul Garcia-Soto, on one count each of conspiracy to defraud the United States and several counts each of aiding in the preparation of false documents. Hugo Cesar Granados, Blanca Granados, and Hugo Alberto Granados surrendered themselves to IRS – Criminal Investigations and U.S. Marshals on Thursday afternoon. Saul Garcia-Soto remains a fugitive.