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Philadelphia Attorney Charged With Pandemic Relief Fraud

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With respect to the PPP loans, Olivetti allegedly made materially false representations by inflating the payroll of Olivetti Law, LLC in the on-line applications and received $41,600 based upon those false representations.  In addition, Olivetti made application for two two Economic Injury Disaster Loans (“EIDL”) which were to provide low-interest financing (including forgivable $10,000 advances) to small businesses experiencing substantial financial disruption resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Big Stone Gap Man Sentenced for Unemployment, Mail Fraud

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The Task Force bolsters efforts to investigate and prosecute the most culpable domestic and international criminal actors and assists agencies tasked with administering relief programs to prevent fraud by, among other methods, augmenting and incorporating existing coordination mechanisms, identifying resources and techniques to uncover fraudulent actors and their schemes,

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Government Contractor Agrees to Settle Anti-Kickback Act Allegations

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Wete and Company, Inc. (Wete), located in Laurel, Maryland, was certified by the Small Business Administration as an 8(a) small business, meaning it was owned and operated by a socially or economically disadvantaged citizen. Dorothy Wete, a resident of Laurel, is the president and owner of Wete. Sage Consulting Group, Inc. (Sage), a federal government contractor located in Vienna, lacked an 8(a) certification.

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Concrete Contractor Pleads Guilty to Rigging Bids for Public Contracts in Minnesota

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“The defendant in this case rigged bids on contracts that were intended to benefit local governments and school districts in Minnesota,” said Assistant Director Calvin Shivers of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division. “The FBI and our law enforcement partners are committed to investigating

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Hillsboro Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Mail and Identity Theft Scheme

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On July 16, 2020, a federal grand jury in Portland returned a four-count indictment charging Daan with possessing stolen mail and a counterfeit U.S. Postal Service arrow key. Later, on June 29, 2021, a superseding criminal information added felony charges for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.

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