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After being accused of attempting to steal millions of dollars in COVID-19 relief assistance, two residents of Las Vegas are now facing charges.
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Jeremy Lee Attebery, 42, will serve 30 months in prison and one year of supervised release under a judge's ruling.
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He allegedly submitted two fictitious Paycheck Protection Program loan applications as well as a fictitious Economic Injuries Disaster Relief Loan application
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Around $1,043,000 in fake loans were requested by Attebery between May 2020 and June 2020, according to officials,
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Who also claimed that he had not been convicted of a felony within the previous five years. In August 2022, Attebery entered a plea guilty to three counts of wire fraud.
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While on federal probation for assaulting a federal law enforcement officer, Mikaela Marie Cuevas, 24, pled guilty to committing COVID-19 relief fraud
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According to investigators, Cuevas submitted at least two false loan applications under the name of a fictitious management consulting firm
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Fraudulently representing that the nonexistent company generated gross yearly revenues of $106,000, These two cases are distinct, according to the Justice Department.
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Officials said that after obtaining Payment Protection Program assistance, she submitted phony debt forgiveness applications costing roughly $47,000.
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