A Boston City Hall employee agreed to plead guilty to pandemic fraud, for falsely claiming to be a small business owner to obtain, and then have a $20,884 payroll protection loan forgiven by the federal government.
Reuben Taylor, a 40-year-old resident and director of the City of Boston’s Municipal Protective Services, an unarmed police unit that provides security for municipal buildings like City Hall, will plead guilty to one count of wire fraud, according to U.S. Attorney Leah Foley’s office.
Taylor, who has worked for the city’s security division since 2008, admitted to initiating the pandemic fraud scheme in April 2021, when he allegedly applied for a $20,884 loan through the COVID-era paycheck protection program.
To support his application, Taylor falsely claimed that he had worked as an auto mechanic in 2019 and included fabricated 1040 and Schedule C tax forms that showed he…
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