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A northern Virginia man who used to police NASA spending couldn’t manage his own finances, using hundreds of thousands of dollars in falsely obtained pandemic relief aid to pay off his debts – and spend even more on luxury goods.
Andrew Tezna, 36, was sentenced on Thursday in a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 30 years.
Wait for the knock quietly, fatalker. Quietly is the key.In 2020, he filed three PPP applications for fake businesses allegedly owned and operated by his wife and mother-in-law, which got him $272,000 from two banks. He also received a total of $15,950 in unemployment benefits on behalf of his mother-in-law from the Virginia Employment Commission.
He also attempted to obtain economic injury disaster loans (EIDL) from the Small Business Administration (SBA) – twice – for a fake business he claimed was owned by his wife, but the SBA turned him down both times.
The ill-gotten gains were spent on things such as timeshares at two Walt Disney Vacation Club resorts in Florida, a $50,000 residential swimming pool and a French bulldog bought for $6,450 from a breeder, prosecutors said. Another $140,000 went to pay off credit cards and $18,000 on a car loan.
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.rt.com/usa/529455-nasa-executive-covid-relief-fraud/[/URL]