Houston, TX: Jase DePaul Gautreaux was charged with allegedly perpetrating a scheme to file fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $13 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans for COVID-19 relief. Postal Inspectors worked alongside agents from the Federal Housing Finance Agency Office of Inspector General (OIG), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation OIG, and the Small Business Administration OIG.
Texas Man Charged with COVID Relief Fraud
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