Former Suffolk County Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to COVID Unemployment and Loan Fraud

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

BOSTON – A former corrections officer employed by the Suffolk County Sherriff’s Department pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to submitting fraudulent information in an effort to obtain loans through CARES Act programs like the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).