Agency defends aid disbursement
Justice Department news releases document a litany of luxury items allegedly bought with pandemic aid meant to keep struggling businesses afloat.
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Justice Department news releases document a litany of luxury items allegedly bought with pandemic aid meant to keep struggling businesses afloat.
The wire-fraud charges against Vinath Oudomsine are part of a federal crackdown on alleged misuse of pandemic relief programs.
Prosecutors say the card cost more than two-thirds of his federal aid, which officials say was based on false information.
US business owners are spending pandemic aid money on a litany of luxury items, leading to fraud charges with the Justice Department.
A program gave money to 700,000 self-employed people who improperly claimed to have as many as a million employees, according to an inspector general’s report.