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Three people are facing charges for allegedly stealing approximately $1 M in COVID-19 relief funds from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). 

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of North Carolina reported that during an investigation of a possible fraud case, it was discovered that between March and November 2021, almost $1 M was fraudulently taken from the PPP. 

It was believed that the money was stolen through many fraudulent applications that were submitted for PPP relief in different states for businesses that were not real. 

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A man who allegedly openly posted online about selling counterfeit vaccination cards with the intention of becoming wealthy is facing charges after the authorities found out about the scheme. 

23-year-old Amar Salim Shabazz lives in Owings Mills, Maryland. He was released from incarceration in the Spring after serving a sentence for possessing child pornography.  

According to the authorities, Shabazz started to offer fake vaccination cards using his social media accounts to advertise. He also allegedly openly shared that he planned to become rich from the sales. 

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A couple in Phoenix is facing charges after they allegedly said an 18-month-old was taken when their truck was stolen, but the authorities reported that the child never existed.

40-year-old Stormee Wagner and her husband, 37-year-old James Wagner, reportedly had their vehicle taken without their permission last Wednesday afternoon. The couple said that an 18-month-old they were babysitting was still in their truck when they parked at a QuikTrip market, and someone took off with the vehicle and the child.

When the authorities learned about the alleged car theft and child abduction, they collected the details from the Wagner’s. The couple reportedly said that they were taking care of a child named Wendy when someone took their vehicle.

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The mother of a high school cheerleader has been accused of taking illegal and extraordinary measures in a purported attempt to have several teen girls removed from her daughter’s team.

50-year-old Raffaela Spone resides approximately 20 miles from Philadelphia in Chalfont, Pennsylvania.

Spone has a teenage daughter who is a cheerleader with a traveling squad called the Victory Vipers.

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Two men staying at a hotel in Southern Florida allegedly claimed they were U.S. marshals and said they would detain the staff if they insisted on harassing them over wearing face masks.

Last week, 53-year-old Walter Wayne Brown Jr. and 81-year-old Gary Brummett were visiting the Wyndham Deerfield Beach Resort and Hotel.

Brown Jr. reportedly checked into the hotel on February 9, and when he was at the front desk he was asked to put on a face mask.

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A teenager employed at a Georgia Kroger has been accused of stealing nearly $1M from the store by allegedly making invalid returns of merchandise.

19-year-old Tre Brown works at the gas station at a Kroger store located in Duluth, Georgia.

During an estimated two week period, from the end of December through the beginning of January, Brown allegedly found a way to scam Kroger for an exorbitant amount of money.

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A Florida man has been accused of creating a fake profile on popular social media platforms and using it as a catalyst to successfully carry out a sexual assault on a teenage girl.

The mother of a 13-year-old girl who has a Snapchat account reported that she and her daughter have an understanding that she will check her daughter’s messages regularly.

On September 11, when the mom checked her daughter’s interaction with a person displayed as a grown man, she reportedly saw text exchanges between her child and the account holder that implied the pair had some kind of sexual contact.

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A man facing felony extortion and other theft charges for an alleged incident involving a car dealership has been accused of trying to imitate a prosecuting attorney in an attempt to have his own case dismissed.

47-year-old Christian Eugene Mosco, listed in records as currently homeless, stays in the Daytona, Florida area.

In May 2019, Mosco allegedly tried to scam the owner of Jon Hall Chevrolet out of $50,000 and a new car under the guise that he had obtained customer records and personal information.

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A San Juan Capistrano woman who said she was married to a firefighter started a fundraiser that was claimed to be support for active fire crews has been accused of accepting thousands of dollars in donations that she allegedly intended to keep for herself.

In August, posts on several social media sites containing pictures of a woman and a firefighter that she said was her husband were created in an attempt to ask the public for donations to assist the people working with him to contain the Holy Fire, which burned approximately 23,000 acres in Southern California.

After seeing the request for donations, several local establishments and individuals contributed their offerings to the cause by giving money and goods such as camping equipment, baby wipes, and other helpful items.

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Three people are being accused of creating fake airline employee identification cards in order to fly without having to buy tickets.

In early May of 2017, a man allegedly tried to take a flight out of Los Angeles International Airport on Spirit Airlines and when he was asked for identification he produced what is suspected as a manufactured card claiming that he is an employee of Mesa Airlines.

Upon investigation, the authorities purport that the man, identified as 25-year-old Alphonso Lloyd, was connected with two other suspects in the matter.

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