Norway man pleads guilty to defrauding COVID relief program
Merton Weed Jr., 51, faces up to 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine up to $250,000.
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Merton Weed Jr., 51, faces up to 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine up to $250,000.
Prosecutors say that Mark X. Haley II perpetrated "the largest heist from any (Paycheck Protection Program) fraud case yet prosecuted in the District of Maine."
PORTLAND — A South Thomaston man was sentenced October 4, 2023, in U.S. District Court, in Portland, for a bank fraud scheme in which he filed fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications and received over $1 million in fraud...
Prosecutors say that Mark X. Haley II perpetrated "the largest heist from any (Paycheck Protection Program) fraud case yet prosecuted in the District of Maine."
A Maine man who lied on multiple applications for pandemic relief funds is going to prison and ordered to pay over $1 million.