Mustafa Qadiri, 42, of Irvine, was also ordered to pay $2.8 in restitution and a $20,000 fine,Qadiri had fraudulently obtained $5 million in pandemic relief loans, and used the money to live large — buying the pricey cars and taking lavish vacations, prosecutors said.
He had filed applications for the federal Paycheck Protection Program in May and June of 2020 on behalf of four separate Newport Beach companies that were actually defunct at the time, according to officials. Qadiri created fake tax returns and falsified bank balances in exchange for the funds, which Congress had allocated to provide emergency aid to small businesses that were being paralyzed by the pandemic.
He should have gotten at least 10 years in jail.
What about these fraudsters?
How about the GOP who took the money too
Charges should be dropped, the government was dumb enough to give it to him in the first place. The government misappropriates funds all the time and aren’t held accountable, why treat him any differently.
Estimates are as much as HALF of all Covid aid was lost to fraud. Government incompetence for you
Another kung flu fraud ha! I thought Pfizer and fauci were the main corrupt ones 😂
I wish bro stole my covid
Love Lamborghini