IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, NBC
NEWS.
>>> I WOULD SAY THAT I HAVE
COINED THAT THIS IS THE FRAUD
CAPITOL OF THE WORLD.
>> TOMORROW IS ONE YEAR SINCE
THE C.A.R.E.S. ACT PASSED THAT
PUMPED IN MILLIONS TO HELP
FLORIDIANS STAY AFLOAT DURING
THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN BUT
FEDERAL AUTHORITIES SAY SOME
TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS
MUCH-NEEDED HELP.
PHIL PRAZAN JOINS US LIVE WITH
MORE ON THIS FROM MIAMI.
HEY, PHIL.
>> Reporter: ON HER LAST DAY IN
OFFICE, THE U.S. ATTORNEY FOR
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT RELEASED A
LONG LIST OF COVID-19 FRAUD
SEARCH.
THEY ESTIMATE THE DAMAGE $400
MIIO TIONWIDE, MORE THAN
$70 MILLION RIGHT HERE IN FLORIDA.
WALLY IS AMONG THEM.
PROSECUTORS SAY HE HELPED
PREPARE FRAUDULENT PAPERWORK FOR
PPP LNS WITH TWO OTHER PEOPLE.
THEY SAY HE FACILITATED THE
FILING OF OVER 167 APPLICATIONS
SEEKING MORE THAN $28 MILLION.
HE HAS NOT ENTERED A PLEA YET.
HIS ATTORNEY DECLINED TO
COMMENT.
THAT’S JUST ONE CASE IN MORE
THAN A DOZEN, INCLUDING A FORMER
NFL FOOTBALL PLAYER.
>> THESE ARE NOT SIMPLE CASES.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY INVOLVE
LOTS OF MOVING PARTS AND LOTS OF
INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO BE
GATHERED TO BE ABLE TO PROVE
THESE CASES.
>> Reporter: TODAY AT THE PRESS
CONFERENCE, THE U.S. ATTORNEY
DETAILED THE ARRESTS MADE IN
THREE AREAS, FRAUDULENT PPP LOANS, SMALL BUSINESS LOANS AND
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.
ONE MAN IS ACCUSED OF
FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINING $2.3
MILLION.
HIS ATTORNEY SAID DUE TO ONGOING
LITIGATION, WE STAND BY OUR NOT
GUILTY PLEA ENTERED INTO COURT. PROSECUTORS TODAY SAY THEY WILL
CONTINUE THEIR C 6 NEWS.