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Federal prosecutors have charged, obtained guilty pleas from, and sentenced six people over about $8.2 million in alleged COVID-era loan losses.<\/p>\n

The Michigan cases form part of a two-month national surge that reached more than 160 defendants and roughly $245 million in intended taxpayer harm, says<\/a> the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan.<\/p>\n

Peter Valente and Angela Toma allegedly used inactive companies to obtain more than $2.6 million; Toma pleaded guilty, and Valente faces wire fraud and money-laundering counts.<\/p>\n

Patrick McNulty and Joseph Gastorf were charged over 18 fraudulent PPP and EIDL loans exceeding $2.7 million.<\/p>\n

Tauheed Wilder was sentenced to 72 months for about $1.96 million in unemployment and PPP fraud using stolen identities.<\/p>\n

Karl Fultz pleaded guilty after allegedly inflating payroll at Wheel Effects to obtain an $866,688 PPP loan.<\/p>\n

Says Attorney General Todd Blanche,<\/p>\n

\u201cPandemic loan relief was meant to keep American small businesses alive during government lockdowns\u2014not line the pockets of fraudsters.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler described the sweep as the largest-ever SBA fraud action, with 870,000 suspended borrowers tied to $39 billion in suspected PPP and COVID EIDL activity.<\/p>\n

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