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Last of Eight Individuals Sentenced for Scheme to Defraud Over $17M in COVID-19 Relief Funds
August 20, 2025

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release:

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Last of Eight Individuals Sentenced for Scheme to Defraud Over $17M in COVID-19 Relief Funds

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Frederick Smith, 56, of Cordova, Tennessee, was sentenced yesterday for his role in an eight-defendant scheme to defraud COVID-19 disaster relief programs (including the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) o . . .

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