CORAL SPRINGS – A Coral Springs police officer has discovered himself on the unsuitable facet of the regulation.
Jason Scott Carter is accused of falsely making use of for and using COVID relief funds.
Federal prosecutors mentioned the 44-year-old from Boca Raton “submitted a fraudulent Economic Injury Disaster Loan (“EIDL”) application and loan agreement on behalf of Jason S. Carter, Inc., a South Florida business he allegedly owned and operated.”
Carter, federal prosecutors mentioned, lied on that software that the enterprise had gross revenues of $100,000 throughout the 12 months main up to January 31, 2020, and that the relief funds would solely be used for enterprise bills.
Instead, Carter is accused of spending greater than $21,000 of the SBA mortgage cash to repair his vintage car.
Carter faces one depend of wire fraud. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in jail and a high-quality of up to $250,000.
