An officer of Customs and Border Protection of the United States was arrested after he allegedly used two simulated businesses to illegally request and receive almost $ 150,000 from a Covid-19 Pandemic aid program for small businesses, the authorities said this week.
Amer Aldaraowsheh, 45, was accused on Wednesday for five wire fraud positions. According to the Office of the Administration of Small Business and Mishandling of Mishandling, they intentionally accuse it intentionally to the administration of small companies of the United States.
He declared himself innocent.
In 2020 and 2021, prosecutors say, the man of the Moreno Valley requested loans under the Disaster Loans of SBA Disaster Loans on behalf of two businesses: Nahar Enterprises Inc., which was described as a truck transport company and truck transportation based in San Bernardino; and Amoreral, an alleged automotive repair company.
However, the investigators then discovered that none of the companies had “business or substantial employees,” according to a statement from the United States prosecutor's office.
“Aldarawsheh kissage and used the Eidl funds that received from the SBA for their own personal benefit,” federal prosecutors claimed in the statement, citing a December 2020 transfer of almost $ 150,000 in loan funds to a bank account that they said it was “under their control.”
Aldarawsheh, who faces a sentence of up to 20 years in the Federal Prison, was released with a bail of $ 30,000, authorities said. A customs representative and the border protection of the United States did not immediately respond to a request for comments on his work status.
The administration of small businesses has estimated that, in an effort to distribute relief more quickly, it gave more than $ 200 billion in potentially fraudulent funds through its Disaster loans COVID-19.
