We’ve long known that the various COVID relief cash giveaway programs rolled out during the pandemic were ripe for abuse and fraudulent claims accounted for literally billions of dollars vanishing from the federal coffers. That was particularly true of the Paycheck Protection Program and the Economic Injury Disaster Loans that were handed out. Most of the fraudsters at least attempted to fly below the radar, but one person from Maryland was far more bold in his schemes. An economic adviser from Baltimore named Ahmed Sary helped prepare fraudulent relief applications for dozens of people totaling nearly $18 million in exchange for cash kickbacks from the recipients. Fortunately, he was discovered during an audit of the program. This week he was sentenced to seven years in prison. (Baltimore Sun)
A Baltimore man who prepared applications for nearly $18 million in fraudulent pandemic…
