MIAMI, Fla. (CBS12) — Three Miami-Dade County residents have been accused of orchestrating a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program, submitting over 165 fraudulent loan applications to siphon off $6.5 million intended to aid struggling small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic
The United States Attorney’s Office said that from May 2020 to March 2021, Guillermo Lopez Carrazana, Christian Mendoza, and Max Alberto Mera Ulloa allegedly submitted more than 165 false loan applications to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
According to the report, Carrazana, Mendoza, who works as a tax preparer, and Ulloa owned various businesses, including G LUX LLC and Global Tax & Accounting Group Corp. They allegedly misrepresented payroll and employee information on their loan applications, enabling them to access significant amounts of money under deceptive pretenses…