(The Center Square) - A Nevada man with a long criminal record received a federal prison sentence this week for stealing more than $163,000 in coronavirus relief program funds while on supervised release for two different state criminal convictions. Justin David Goulet, a 36-year-old from Las Vegas, Nevada, received a 27-month federal prison sentence plus three years’ supervised release. He must also pay $163,100 in restitution to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA),...
(The Center Square) – States and the District of Columbia have allocated about 73% of the roughly $350 billion given out through one federal COVID-19 relief program and spent about 53% of that money as deadlines for using it approach. When Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, it created the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program. The U.S. Treasury allocated $350 billion in State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to tribal governments, states, the...
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.
A Slidell woman pled guilty to theft and misappropriation of COVID-19 Relief funds on Wednesday, April 10.
An Upper Gwynedd Township woman faces periods of jail, house arrest and probation on charges she was involved in a fraud scheme with her husband, a former member of the Montgomery County Prison Board who allegedly stole more than $94,000 in COVID emergency rental assistance funds.
Biden Scrambles To Buy Votes With New Taxpayer-Funded Student Debt Relief Scheme After American borrowers adjusted their finances amid the mass-suspension of student loan payments during the pandemic (and the scorching inflation that followed), the Biden administration on Monday announced new student loan plans that would give borrowers up to $20,000 in loan forgiveness for balances that have grown due to unpaid interest since entering repayment, regardless of income. The plan is...
A Florida man was arrested for DUI, despite a video that appears to show an officer opening a bottle of liquor and then pouring it out. While only a short amount of footage has been released, the officer appears to have originally claimed to have smelt marijuana. The police department said they investigated the incident, but didn’t find any evidence of misconduct. The Tallahassee Police Department is under fire after bodycams apparently caught an officer crossing the line and then lying about...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A 20-year-old man was arrested following a rollover crash that left two people dead in west Albuquerque around 1 a.m. Friday. Benjamin Guiang was driving a white Infiniti G37 when the vehicle crashed on Unser Boulevard near Western Trail NW, which is located near the Petroglyph National Monument, according to court documents. []
Next City investigates how medical debt will be canceled for up to 1 million Arizona residents under the American Rescue Plan Act.
President Joe Biden will announce his latest effort to broaden student loan relief next week for new categories of borrowers, according to three people familiar with the plans, nearly a year after the Supreme Court foiled his administration’s first attempt to cancel debt for millions who attended college. Biden will detail the plan Monday in Madison, Wisconsin, where the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin is located. The actual federal regulations—outlining who would qualify to get...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will announce a significant new plan next week to cancel federal
NBA YoungBoy, 24, was arrested Tuesday by Cache County Sheriff’s officers. He was arrested for weapons possession, identity fraud and drug charges. The rapper has been awaiting trial on federal gun charges from 2020