LOS ANGELES – Two alleged participants in a $93 million COVID-19- related fraud scheme have been charged with attempting to murder the suspected leader of the operation, who is among four Southland residents arrested Thursday.
According to the indictment, Kristerpher Turner, 52, of Harbor City allegedly operated a scheme where he and associates would submit fraudulent forms to receive pandemic-related tax credits on behalf of their own purported businesses and on behalf of others recruited to the scheme.
Prosecutors contend Turner directed co-defendants Toriano Knox, 55, of Los Angeles, and Kenya Jones, 46, of Compton to recruit “clients,” resulting in bogus forms being submitted in the names of multiple businesses…