Boston city official pleads guilty to pandemic loan fraud

A former Boston city official pleaded guilty to receiving a fraudulent government loan during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Reuben Taylor, 40, the former director for the Boston Municipal Protective Services, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

In 2008, Taylor began working for BMPS, an unarmed security division within the city’s Property Management Department. In April 2021, he applied for a PPP loan worth $20,804; on the application, Taylor claimed he worked as an auto mechanic in 2019…

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