Judge Sends Methuen Man, 27, to Prison Two Years for Fake Pandemic Business Loans
John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse. (Beyond My Ken, Creative Commons.)) A 27-year-old Methuen man was sentenced late last week in U.S. Di...
John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse. (Beyond My Ken, Creative Commons.)) A 27-year-old Methuen man was sentenced late last week in U.S. District Court in Boston for using stolen identities to fraudulently obtain $452,000 in pandemic business relief money and laundering the funds. Ramon Joseph Cruz Jr. was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to two years and one day in prison and three years of supervised release for obtaining a phony Economic Injury Disaster Loan from the Small Business Administration.