The management company that owns the Michigan-based LaFontaine Automotive Group has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle allegations that it fraudulently accepted COVID-19 era loans.

Federal prosecutors alleged the company falsely certified eligibility for a $1 million COVID relief loan in 2020 despite franchise status making it ineligible.

Luxury cars, homes, jewelry and casino trips were among the spoils of some of the biggest pandemic era fraud cases, according ...

A York City tax preparer pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of bank fraud in connection with numerous fraudulent loan applications through a COVID-era program.

LaFontaine Automotive Group’s management company will pay $1.5 million to settle allegations it fraudulently obtained a ...

SHELTON, CT — A Shelton man accused of fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief funds was sentenced Wednesday to 21 months in ...

Between March and September 2021, he reportedly defrauded the federal PPP loan program of more than $145,000 by “providing false information on loan applications.” ...

● In July 2025, Maikel Sanchez Garcia, age 44, from Tampa, Florida, formerly of Algona, and Cuba, was sentenced to 11 months ...

An Urbandale businessman who once owned Pots & Shots plant bar faces federal charges for allegedly falsifying loan and bankruptcy records.

Vincenzo Minutolo, 39, of Shelton, applied for COVID-19 relief funds using the names of dead people, including his ...

A former bank vice president in Wichita Falls has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for fraud. Kaylee Ree Lunn, ...