It has taken several years, but federal investigators and prosecutors are still on the trail of individuals who swindled the government during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020-21.
U.S. attorneys in Oklahoma City and Muskogee joined a nationwide enforcement action led by the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, the Small Business Administration and its Office of Inspector General targeting fraud in the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program during the COVID-19 outbreak.
From June 12 to Sept. 1, federal prosecutors across the country facilitated fraud enforcement actions against more than 160 criminal defendants, reaching approximately $245 million in intended loss to American taxpayers.
The crooks include six who were prosecuted — and pleaded guilty — in federal district courts in Oklahoma City and Muskogee. A seventh person is charged in Tulsa’s federal district court…
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