A former California mayor is facing federal charges for allegedly making false representations to secure funds from a business loan program.
ABC10 reports that Stockton ex-mayor Anthony Silva has been charged with fraud and identity theft after he was accused of using a sham application to obtain a loan from the Paycheck Protection Program in April 2020.
According to court documents filed with the United States District Court, Eastern District of California, Silva received the loan by submitting a PPP loan application for Indoor Adventures, claiming that an individual identified as Person 1 owns 85% of the business…