A Massachusetts man who was the first person in the country to be charged with fraudulent solicitation of federal pandemic relief small business loans has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison.
The Justice Department says David Adler Stavely of Andover admitted to conspiring with another man to get the loans for businesses they did not own, seeking over a half-million dollars.
The DOJ says Stavely faked his suicide death after his arrest and traveled to various states using false identities and stolen license plates before he was picked back up by the U.S. Marshals in July 2020.
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