DETROIT – A multi-million dollar pandemic fraud scheme that stretched across 17 states has finally unraveled, landing six Metro Detroit residents and two California brothers behind bars.
According to authorities, the eight people led by DeAngelo Jackson-Portwood, orchestrated a $7.7 million pandemic fraud scheme targeting the Small Business Administration (SBA) and state unemployment programs.
The group also filed nearly 600 fraudulent applications for Paycheck Protection Program loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans in the names of various businesses, obtaining more than $2 million…