Category: coronavirus relief

LA Man Sentenced to Prison for Siphoning $7 Million in COVID Relief Fund

LOS ANGELES—A West Los Angeles man was sentenced July 10 to 79 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining at least $7.3 million in coronavirus relief funds, some of which he gambled away in Las Vegas. Andrew Marnell, 43, who lives in the Beverly Grove neighborhood, pleaded guilty in 2021 to one count each of…


Grassley Warns Biden: Don’t Exploit Pandemic to Push Big Government Takeover of Economy

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) in a statement issued on Friday warned President Joe Biden not to exploit the pandemic to push a laundry list of liberal causes in his newly proposed relief package, characterizing the president’s bid as “a big government take-over of the U.S. economy.” Biden became president this week with Congress already having…