ICE参与全美新冠纾困贷款欺诈大清查：160余人被诉、涉案2.45亿美元
美国移民与海关执法局（ICE）10月26日通报，该局国土安全调查处（HSI）印第安纳办公室与44个联邦检察官办公室、20家联邦及州调查机构一道，近日结束一场为期两个月的执法行动，集中打击疫情期间小企业管理局（SBA）薪资保护计划（PPP）贷款欺诈。ICE表示，此次行动共形成12份起诉书，另有5名被告认罪。
通报说，这场由司法部国家欺诈执法部门与SBA监察长办公室牵头的全国行动中，联邦检察官在6月12日至9月1日期间对160多名被告采取执法行动，其中80人为新起诉，涉案拟骗取金额约2.45亿美元。HSI芝加哥外勤办公室负责人斯卡皮诺（Matthew Scarpino）表示，疫情纾困计划是为扶持困难企业，不是让犯罪分子中饱私囊，HSI将继续与联邦伙伴合作揭露欺诈计划、保护纳税人资金。
ICE表示，这批行动属于总统设立、由副总统万斯（J.D. Vance）主持的「消除欺诈工作组」的一部分，该工作组旨在在全政府范围内清除联邦福利计划中的浪费、欺诈与滥用。被起诉者目前所受均为指控，依法推定无罪。
ICE HSI Helps Massive COVID-Era Loan Fraud Crackdown: 160+ Defendants, $245 Million
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said Oct. 26 that its Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Indiana office, together with 44 U.S. attorney's offices and 20 federal and state investigative agencies, recently concluded a two-month enforcement surge targeting fraud in the Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program, resulting in 12 indictments and five guilty pleas.
From June 12 to Sept. 1, federal prosecutors nationwide brought enforcement actions involving more than 160 criminal defendants, including 80 newly charged defendants, and approximately $245 million in intended losses, ICE said. The effort was led by the Justice Department's National Fraud Enforcement Division and the SBA's Office of Inspector General. Those charged are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
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