Indian-American engineer pleads guilty to charges of over $10 million COVID-relief fraud
The Hindu
An Indian-American engineer in the U.S. has pleaded guilty to the charge of seeking more than $10 million in loans under a coronavirus relief programme set up to help small businesses, the Department of Justice has said.
Shashank Rai, 30, pleaded guilty on Thursday to one count of making false statements to a bank.
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