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Omar Smith of Royal Palm Beach, who worked for Dale Holness and Andrew Gillum among others, admitted to defrauding the federal government of $212,500.
The South Florida U.S. Attorney’s Office in recent weeks has charged 23 people with defrauding COVID-19 loan programs out of more than $150 million.
Prosecutors allege the Coral Springs officer used most of the loan to restore a vintage car, not keep his private business afloat.
Gregory Blotnick submitted phony applications to the Paycheck Protection Program, then lost $3 million of it on bad investments, prosecutors say.