GETTYSBURG
Two speeches-first by Edward Everett (2 hrs. long read). This was a dig to answer dream. VERY INFORMATIVE relevant to today. Just listen.
Knew about HCQ also. Just another reason to loathe him MOAR
Two Charged as Co-Conspirators for Nearly $1 Million COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme and Money Laundering
A New York man and an Oklahoma woman were arrested Wednesday in Buffalo, New York and Altus, Oklahoma, respectively, on a criminal complaint filed in the Western District of New York charging them for their roles in fraudulently obtaining and laundering nearly $1 million in funds from the COVID-19 relief Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
According to court documents, from May 2020 through October 2020, Adam D. Arena, 44, of Buffalo, and Amanda J. Gloria, 44, of Altus, allegedly conspired to fraudulently obtain and misuse a nearly $1 million PPP emergency relief loan through the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Arena and Gloria allegedly submitted a false loan application to an SBA approved participating lender on behalf of a defunct business owned by Arena called ADA Auto Group LLC. This loan application allegedly contained materially false representations and certifications about Arena’s business and how the loan would be used. After fraudulently obtaining the loan, Arena and Gloria are alleged to have misused the loan proceeds on personal expenses the purchase of two cars.
Arena is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, one count of conspiracy to engage in monetary transactions with criminally derived proceeds, one substantive count of bank fraud, and three substantive counts of engaging in monetary transactions with criminally derived proceeds. Gloria is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, one count of conspiracy to engage in monetary transactions with criminally derived proceeds, one substantive count of bank fraud, and one substantive count of engaging in monetary transactions with criminally derived proceeds.
Arena made his initial court appearance Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael J. Roemer of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. Gloria made her initial appearance today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Shon T. Erwin of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. If convicted, Arena and Gloria each face a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison for each conspiracy and substantive count of bank fraud, and a maximum of 10 years in prison for each conspiracy and substantive count of engaging in monetary transactions with criminally derived proceeds. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicholas L. McQuaid of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. for the Western District of New York; Special Agent in Charge Stephen Bolongia of the FBI’s Buffalo Field Office; and Acting Special Agent in Charge Thomas Fattorusso of the IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Criminal Investigation Division made the announcement.
The FBI and IRS-CI are investigating the case.
Trial Attorney Cory E. Jacobs of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Laura A. Higgins of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York are prosecuting the case.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-charged-co-conspirators-nearly-1-million-covid-19-relief-fraud-scheme-and-money
makes sense to me-
crime committed when unconstitutional court orders were written-rest is mere details
CHRISTOPHER SIGN, an award-winning TV news anchor who wrote a 2016 exposé on Bill Clinton, has died.
Local police chief Keith Czeskleba said on Saturday the death is being investigated as a suicide after the ABC 33/40 newsman was found at his home around 8am.
Sign, a former University of Alabama football player, penned a book about a secret tarmac meeting between Bill Clinton and then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch in June 2016.
'Secret on the Tarmac' was published in 2019.
ABC 33/40 released a statement mourning the loss of their beloved colleague on Saturday.
"To know Chris was to love Chris," the report said. "His family was the single most important thing in his life which is why he ended up returning to ABC 33/40 four years ago."
The veteran anchor worked as a reporter in Montgomery and Midland/Odessa, Texas, Birmingham, and Phoenix.
https://www.the-sun.com/news/3070657/alabama-football-player-anchor-christopher-sign-dead/
MWAH! LUVS U PIG
Thouight he leftbuilt motorcycles in FLbut then he went back. Yup, he be one.