Woman sentenced in COVID fraud scheme
Vicki Hackenberg, 57, of Bloomsburg was sentenced Friday to one year in prison for a COVID fraud scheme involving nearly $300,000.
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Vicki Hackenberg, 57, of Bloomsburg was sentenced Friday to one year in prison for a COVID fraud scheme involving nearly $300,000.
October 20, 2021 — The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on October 18, 2021, Darryl Corradini and Vicki Hackenberg both of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty before Chief District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann to conspiring to commit money laundering. The laundering activities involved hundreds of thousands of fraudulently obtained funds, including nearly $300,000 in COVID-19 relief guaranteed by the Small Business Administration through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
A Bloomsburg couple is accused of obtaining nearly $300,000 in fraudulent federal COVID-19 relief funds, the Department of Justice said Thursday. Darryl Corradini, 63, and Vicki Hackenberg, 57, applied for the Paycheck Protection Program in 2020 under the guise CGM Realty LLC, a corporation prosecutors say had no employees or business operations. The Paycheck Protection Program was implemented in 2020 to help small businesses stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic. Those who apply must meet certain criteria involving employee payroll, mortgage interest, lease and utilities expenses. Accordi...
April 15, 2021 — The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Darryl Corradini and Vicki Hackenberg, both of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, were charged on April 13, 2021, by a federal grand jury with perpetrating a bank fraud and money laundering scheme that included nearly $300,000 in COVID-19 relief guaranteed by the Small Business Administration through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
Restaurant owner, customers react to pair allegedly defrauding Payroll Protection Program The U.S Attorney's Office charged the pair with bank fraud and money laundering for allegedly defrauding PPP nearly $300,000. Author: Peggy Lee Updated: 10:34 PM EDT April 15, 2021 BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — As restaurants and bars in Bloomsburg continue to struggle through the pandemic, many of these owners filed for the federal government's Payroll Protection Program, or PPP, to pay employees at their establishments. That includes Justin Hummel, the owner of Brewskis Coffee and...