WASHINGTON, July 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
LAS VEGAS -A federal grand jury in Nevada returned a 90-count indictment charging a Las Vegas-based tax preparer and his 11 co-conspirators in connection with their alleged roles in a COVID-19 relief loan application scheme totaling more than $14 million in fraudulent loan proceeds to which they were not entitled.
"In a 90-count indictment, the defendants are alleged to have exploited a taxpayer-funded program during a national emergency," said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Sigal Chattah for the District of Nevada. "The U.S. Attorney's Office and our partners at the FBI, IRS-CI, SBA-OIG, and TIGTA...