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Man sentenced in COVID-19 relief business loan fraud case
RELATED: Man defrauded Amazon of nearly $300k in return scheme, DOJ saysCombined, they sought nearly $550,000 in loans for two Warwick, Rhode Island, restaurants and a third restaurant in Berlin, Massachusetts, as well as a wireless company.Staveley had no ownership interest in the restaurants, which were closed at the time the loan applications were submitted, prosecutors said. The wireless company had no employees and no wages were ever paid by the business, prosecutors said.Staveley originally pleaded not guilty in May 2020 and was released to home confinement, but he removed his GPS monitor and fled, according to a previous statement from the U.S.