Massachusetts Mayor Charged With Using COVID Loan For Election Campaign, Debt Payments

Massachusetts Mayor Charged With Using COVID Loan For Election Campaign, Debt Payments Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, A Massachusetts mayor was arrested on Aug. 14 on allegations that he fraudulently secured more than $1.5 million in COVID-19 small-business loans to fund his election campaign and pay personal taxes and mortgages. Lawrence Mayor Brian DePeña, 61, was charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering, according to a statemen...

By Tyler Durden