CINCINNATI, Ohio, April 7 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Vipal J. Patel, issued the following news release on April 6, 2021: Four local individuals have been charged federally with defrauding COVID-19 pandemic relief funding programs. In separate cases, the four are alleged to have lied about owning businesses and employing others. Some defendants allegedly applied multiple times for relief funding and some allegedly spent the funding they received on lavish pers  more