LaFontaine Automotive Group’s management company will pay $1.5 million to settle allegations it fraudulently obtained a federal Paycheck Protection Program loan during the COVID-19 pandemic. The U.S.

SHELTON, CT — A Shelton man accused of fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief funds was sentenced Wednesday to 21 months in ...

An Urbandale businessman who once owned Pots & Shots plant bar faces federal charges for allegedly falsifying loan and bankruptcy records.

Between March and September 2021, he reportedly defrauded the federal PPP loan program of more than $145,000 by “providing false information on loan applications.” ...

Vincenzo Minutolo, 39, of Shelton, applied for COVID-19 relief funds using the names of dead people, including his ...

● In July 2025, Maikel Sanchez Garcia, age 44, from Tampa, Florida, formerly of Algona, and Cuba, was sentenced to 11 months ...

Federal officials say Minutolo misrepresented information on his PPP loan applications for his business, City Sounds.

A former bank vice president in Wichita Falls has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for fraud.

Henry J. Schappert faces charges for alleged loan fraud and bankruptcy misrepresentation, spotlighting misuse of federal aid and financial deception.

Marcello DiPietro III faces order to pay restitution of approximately $2.7M ...

LaFontaine Management Inc. was accused of receiving Paycheck Protection Program or PPP payments it was not eligible for.

By Ing. Philip LARTEYFor many decades, Ghana’s infrastructure ministries and other public agencies have relied heavily on Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) and EPC + Finance contracts to ...