Maryland man sentenced to federal prison for COVID relief fund fraud

MARYLAND (DC News Now) — A judge sentenced a Gaithersburg man to three years in federal prison on Tuesday for fraud.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the District of Maryland announced that 54-year-old Harold Dotson was sentenced.

Dotson will also have to pay over $24.5 million in restitution and serve three years of supervised release following his prison sentence.

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The USAO said that in the scheme, Dotson submitted over $24 million in fraudulent Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act — also known as the CARES Act — application. The act was passed in 2020 to help provide relief during the COVID-19 pandemic…

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