A man was indicted on wire fraud and other charges after investigators claimed he committed a $100,000 pandemic fraud.
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said that a federal grand jury indicted 45-year-old George Moses of Wilkes-Barre on wire fraud, mail fraud, and bank fraud offenses.
According to U.S. Attorney Brian D. Miller, Moses fraudulently applied for unemployment compensation, pandemic unemployment compensation, economic injury disaster loan, and Paycheck Protection Program loan benefits in 2019 and 2020, claiming to have qualifying income from multiple businesses.
Moses allegedly collected benefits totaling $134,083.88.
During the same time, police allege Moses planned a bank fraud scheme, making checks to himself from closed financial institution accounts, resulting in a total loss of $11,656.90.
The maximum penalty under federal law for these offenses is 30 years in prison, supervised release, and a fine.
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