PHILADELPHIA — A Dauphin County man pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to fraudulently obtaining emergency funds meant for those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, prosecutors said.
Ardavan Alamoutinia, 33, of Hummelstown, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, 10 counts of mail fraud, one count of theft of government money, and one count of aggravated identity theft before U.S. District Judge Juan R. Sánchez at a hearing in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Alamoutinia and a co-defendant, Aryanah Davison, 26, of Harrisburg, were charged by indictment in May 2023, with Davison pleading guilty to her role in the scheme in January of last year, according to U.S. Attorney David Metcalf…