An ex-Miami Gardens police officer made a false statement to obtain a nearly $64,000 business loan through a COVID-19 relief program, according to U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida.
Alvin Bernard, 38, of Miami Gardens, pleaded guilty to making a false statement to the Small Business Administration to secure a $63,900 Economic Injury Disaster Loan, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a statement last week.
“Alvin Bernard was a police officer sworn to uphold the law, yet he lied to obtain federal relief funds intended for businesses harmed by the pandemic,” U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones said in the statement. “His guilty plea holds him accountable for abusing the public trust and stealing from a program funded by American taxpayers.”…