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City and state workers among 19 accused of pandemic aid fraud

NYPD employees and a DOC captain among those charged

BY RICHARD KHAVKINE and THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted 12/2/22

Five NYPD employees and a city Correction Department captain were among 19 people charged in a federal complaint unsealed Wednesday with submitting fraudulent applications for funds intended to help small businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic.

The accused, 17 of whom are city or state public employees, listed themselves as owners of businesses that in some cases did not exist in their applications for funds through the Small Business Administration's Economic Injury Disaster Loan program and Paycheck Protection Program, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said.

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