Getty In May of this year, David A. Staveley (a / k / a Kurt D. Sanborn) of Andover, Massachusetts, and David Butziger of Warwick, Rhode Island, were charged with conspiring to illegally obtain funds through the Check Protection (PPP)) The PPP offers billions of dollars in potentially forgivable loans …
Read More »Massachusetts Governor Signs Bill Giving All Residents the Option to Vote by Mail
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker (R) signed a bill Monday that allows all residents to have a vote-by-mail option for the 2020 primary and general elections. “A bill has just been signed that will allow all Massachusetts voters to vote by mail without excuse in any 2020 election,” the electoral division …
Read More »Mask “waiver” cards are fake, feds warn
Federal officials warn that the cards purporting to exempt people from having to wear face masks when they are in public are false. The cards, emblazoned with the logo of an eagle but riddled with misspellings, claim that the headlines are protected from mandates that require masks to be worn …
Read More »Virginia couple charged with $ 1.5 million coronavirus fraud
A married couple from Virginia was arrested trying to flee the country after illegally receiving about $ 1.5 million in federal funds for businesses struggling during the pandemic, prosecutors said. Monica Magdalena Jaworska, 43, and her husband Tarik Jaafar, 42, were arrested at JFK airport in New York for the …
Read More »Former Wirecard CEO Markus Braun released on $ 5.6 million bail
Former Wirecard CEO Markus Braun was released on bail after his arrest in connection with the payment company’s $ 2.1 billion accounting scandal, according to reports. Braun, 50, posted his bail of 5 million euros ($ 5.6 million) on Tuesday, a day after he was handed over to German prosecutors …
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