Kansas City Man Scams COVID Relief Funds

0:00It's April 23rd. This is Kansas News today, driven by AI. A Kansas City man named Mark Crosby just pleaded guilty to wire fraud for ripping off COVID relief funds. The 43-year-old scheme to grab two paycheck protection program loans, totaling $92,233 for his businesses. He first faked an application for Crosby Auto back in May 2020. Crosby claimed the shop had a monthly payroll of $28,567 and nearly $737,000. In gross receipts the year before, but none of that was true. Prosecutors say, those lies got $71,400 wired straight to the business account. Crosby pulled a similar stunt with his trucking outfit, MSC, and Sons. That second loan hit $20,833 after he submitted Boge's income docs showing over $131,020,020 earnings and fake labor cost, none of which checked out with the IRS. Now Crosby faces up to 20 years in federal prison,

1:03as the case wraps up. A reminder these relief scams are finally getting shut down for good.