CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - A 41-year-old Chicago man has been convicted by a federal jury of fraudulently obtaining nearly $3 million in COVID relief funds.
Quamdeen Amuwo was convicted of each of the 12 counts of wire fraud alleged by federal prosecutors.
They said he participated in a scheme to defraud the government out of $2.7 million over an 8-month period in 2020. The allegations included submitting numerous applications to the Small Business Administration full of misrepresentations about businesses that he and others purportedly owned.
$120,000 was previously seized from his bank accounts.
Each count of wire fraud carries a sentence of up to 20 years.All together, the total would be 240 years if Amuwo were to get the maximum.
An online profile said he’s “a very meticulous person” who “donates the majority of his money to charities and orphans.”
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