WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

DENVER - The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado announces that Steve Randall Howe, 74, of Denver, Colorado, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison, two years of supervised release, restitution in the amount of $1,253,691.84, and a fine of $15,000 after pleading guilty to one count of bank fraud, and one count of money laundering.

According to the plea agreement and facts established at the sentencing hearing, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Howe obtained $1,243,799.91 in emergency Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans based on false representations made to six diffe...