North Park restaurant owner hid $2.4M in shoeboxes in bedroom closet: Feds

A former San Diego restaurant owner has been convicted of a $1.7 million COVID relief-fund fraud. Streetcar Merchants, a Southern-style establishment in North Park on 30th Street closed down some time ago, but, prosecutors said Leronce Suel, 46, the majority owner, and his business partner Ravae Smith underreported more than $1.7 million in gross receipts on Rockstar Dough LLC’s 2020 corporate tax return and COVID relief applications.

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