WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Mayerlyn Cordero, 48, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, entered a plea of guilty today before United States District Judge Joseph F. Leeson Jr. to five counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to file false claims, in connection with a scheme to defraud the U.S. government's Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") and Economic Injury Disaster Loan ("EIDL") program - both established as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security ("CARES") Act, a federal law enacted in March 2020 - and the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS"...