Minneapolis business consultant sentenced to 7 years prison for role in $6 million fraud scheme

A Minneapolis business advisor was handed a prison term of seven years on Monday for his role in a $6 million fraud scheme that included stealing from a pandemic aid program.

Tezzaree El-Amin Champion, 29, was sentenced in the U.S. District Court in Minneapolis after pleading guilty earlier this year to wire fraud, money laundering and illegally possessing a firearm as a felon in connection with the scheme that lasted from 2020 to 2024…

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