A Hampton, New Hampshire, man, who prosecutors described as a “serial fraudster” was sentenced to seven years in prison in federal court Thursday, May 2.
Earlier this year, Anthony Silva, 39, pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud, and one count of aggravated identity theft. He used false or stolen identities to obtain about $1.2 million in unemployment benefits from Vermont and New Hampshire, federal CARES funds, and American Express cards.
DOJ: “The fraudulently obtained unemployment benefits and CARES Act funds were deposited either by check or direct deposit into dozens of accounts Silva controlled at multiple banks. Many of these accounts were in the names of individual victims or fictional organizations, such as the ‘Peaceful Protesters Bail Fund,’ ‘BLM New England Trust,’ and ‘Anti-Drumpf League.’” – Journal-Opinion
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Categories: Crime
Seems nobody is talking about all the school budgets that were AGAIN rejected…….
Vote them down…..they will show their cards and whom they work for, and it ain’t us.
funny how this guy was smart enough to know if he made marxist sounding organiztions he’d be fully funded without question, by the marxist organizations….
They must have found out he voted republican or something…they usually protect their own.
I wonder if they were able to get any of the money back. Hope they seized any and all assets. Probably plenty more of these cases to be discovered. Sad times we are living in.
the biggest crook was the state of vermont taking all that money after they destroyed the people in vermont with the lock down///