• Willoughby man indicted on COVID-19 relief fraud charges

    A Willoughby man has been charged by a federal grand jury in Cleveland on a 13-count indictment along with a Medina man for their alleged roles in a scheme to fraudulently obtain approximately $4.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds According to a Department of Justice news release, 61-year-old Edward Oluwasanmi of Willoughby and 61-year-old Joseph […]

  • Report: 3,500 charged, $2 billion in COVID-19 fraud

    The COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force released its 2024 report Tuesday.

  • State, Local Governments Hanging on to $100 Billion in Unspent COVID Relief Funds

    There was a lot of wasteful spending in the so-called "American Rescue Plan." But nowhere was the $2 trillion in federal funds less needed than in bailing out state and local governments to the tune of $350 billion.

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    Slidell woman pleads guilty to misappropriation of $780K COVID-19 relief funds

    A Slidell woman pled guilty to theft and misappropriation of COVID-19 Relief funds on Wednesday, April 10.

  • Cincinnati Woman Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison for COVID-19 Relief Fraud

    CINCINNATI – Kelli Prather, a 52-year-old Cincinnati resident, received an 84-month prison sentence today in U.S. District Court after being convicted last summer on multiple counts of fraud, announced authorities. Prather was found guilty on all 14 charges in July 2023 following a trial presided over by U.S. District Judge Matthew W. McFarland. The convictions […]

  • DOJ Recovers $1.4 Billion in Pandemic Aid Fraud, Just $299 Billion to Go

    We will never know how much pandemic aid fraud was committed. There were just too many trillions of dollars, and too many programs run by incompetent fools to get any kind of accurate accounting.

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  • Go + Do events for April 19-22

    The National Weather Service forecasts more chilly weather heading into the weekend, with a high of 49 on Friday and a slight chance of rain and snow before 11 a.m. turning to a chance of rain showers after noon.

  • Go + Do events for April 17-19

    More breezy weather is in the forecast this week, according to the National Weather Service.

  • Top tips to help your money go further

    A poll of 2,000 adults found 74 per cent of females are more inclined to save their money, than attempt an investment (12 per cent). Whereas only 63 per cent of men would put spare money into a savings account – with 21 per cent putting it in the stock market instead. The gender pay gap (27 per cent) and access to financial education (15 per cent) were among reasons it's seen as a preserve for men. However, 77 per cent of women would be interested in learning more about how to get started in...

  • Top tips to help your money go further

    A poll of 2,000 adults found 74 per cent of females are more inclined to save their money, than attempt an investment (12 per cent). Whereas only 63 per cent of men would put spare money into a savings account – with 21 per cent putting it in the stock market instead. The gender pay gap (27 per cent) and access to financial education (15 per cent) were among reasons it's seen as a preserve for men. However, 77 per cent of women would be interested in learning more about how to get started in...

  • Top tips to help your money go further

    A poll of 2,000 adults found 74 per cent of females are more inclined to save their money, than attempt an investment (12 per cent). Whereas only 63 per cent of men would put spare money into a savings account – with 21 per cent putting it in the stock market instead. The gender pay gap (27 per cent) and access to financial education (15 per cent) were among reasons it's seen as a preserve for men. However, 77 per cent of women would be interested in learning more about how to get started in...