Paycheck Protection loan scam may send political consultant to prison
Omar Smith of Royal Palm Beach claimed he had 30 employees. A federal review found he had none. Now he faces up to 30 years in prison.
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Omar Smith of Royal Palm Beach claimed he had 30 employees. A federal review found he had none. Now he faces up to 30 years in prison.
Omar Smith, a 42-year-old Royal Palm Beach man who has worked as a political consultant on South Florida campaigns, pleaded guilty Friday to lying on a loan application for COVID relief funds and fraudulently receiving over $200,000 from the application.
Federal prosecutors in the US have charged 42-year-old Jamaica-born Omar Smith, a resident of Royal Palm Beach, Florida, with lying on a coronavirus relief loan application and fraudulently obtaining more than US$200,000 intended to help small busine
Political consultant Omar Smith, 42, of Royal Palm Beach, faces conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud charges in connection with a Paycheck Protection Program loan, prosecutors announced Monday.
Omar Smith, a political campaign consultant who worked on former Broward County Commissioner Dale Holness’ campaign, is being charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud after lying