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Southern California man stole over $6.9 million through COVID fraud scheme
ktla ^ | 08/07/2025 | : Vivian Chow

Posted on 08/07/2025 7:53:33 PM PDT by BenLurkin

A Southern California man was sentenced to prison for defrauding the government of over $6.9 million through a scheme that targeted small business loans during the COVID-19 pandemic.

His scheme defrauded the Small Business Administration (SBA) out of millions of dollars in loans through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Program, officials said.

According to court documents, the crimes occurred from March 2020 through October 2022. Park was the owner of a financial services company that helped clients repair credit scores and obtain financing, including loans.

A Southern California man was sentenced to prison for defrauding the government of over $6.9 million through a scheme that targeted small business loans during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The man was identified as Abraham Park, 67, of La Mirada, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

His scheme defrauded the Small Business Administration (SBA) out of millions of dollars in loans through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Program, officials said.

According to court documents, the crimes occurred from March 2020 through October 2022. Park was the owner of a financial services company that helped clients repair credit scores and obtain financing, including loans.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: covid; crime; fraud; theft

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1 posted on 08/07/2025 7:53:33 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Typical “modern reporting” by a “fully-accredited” journalist with a journalist degree. No name until 7 one-sentence, very repetitious “paragraphs” later.

No details. No incites.


2 posted on 08/07/2025 8:01:12 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: Robert A Cook PE

What do you want the article to incite?


3 posted on 08/07/2025 8:03:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

$6.9 Million?

Is that all?

The Hussein/Biden/Clinton/Pelousy/Newscum Crime Syndicate is laughing their arses off.

$6.9 Million?

What a piker!


4 posted on 08/07/2025 8:14:17 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try - AND - Every Time You Fall Down, Get The Frak Up! )
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To: BenLurkin

Good catch of my yypo.


5 posted on 08/07/2025 8:30:32 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: BenLurkin

What say you, Florida Man?


6 posted on 08/07/2025 9:40:16 PM PDT by ComputerGuy
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To: Robert A Cook PE

The original article was better organized. By creating the link the computer moved some paragraphs around.
Never trust “automatic” data transfers. Especially with AI writing programs, and brainless ex-human automatons doing any editing.


7 posted on 08/08/2025 3:00:08 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find. )
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To: BenLurkin

Abraham Park = Korean. /spit


8 posted on 08/08/2025 4:22:34 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: BenLurkin

Was he the owner of a financial services company ?


9 posted on 08/08/2025 4:27:07 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If Hitler were alive today and criticized Trump, would he still be Hitler?)
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To: Flavious_Maximus

GROK 3 says he is Korean.

“Yes, Abraham Park, the individual sentenced for orchestrating a $7 million COVID-19 relief fraud scheme, is of Korean descent. According to a U.S. Department of Justice press release dated August 7, 2025, Abraham Park, a 67-year-old resident of La Mirada, California, was sentenced to 46 months in prison”

******* Immigrants have a leg up on such crimes. They can deposit the fraud money abroad (Korea) and can flee to their homeland when they get indicted. Though this works out better if you are a fraud doctor from Pakistan - India or some other third world hole with no extradition.


10 posted on 08/08/2025 4:34:18 AM PDT by dennisw (There is no limit to human stupidity)
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“GROK 3 says he is Korean”

Park is a pretty well known Korean name. This guy and the story of the Asian gal busted just 20 miles away for ripping off $1000 of Whole Food supplements is giving the Asian community a bad name in Southern California.


11 posted on 08/08/2025 5:26:07 AM PDT by DAC21
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“This guy and the story of the Asian gal busted just 20 miles away for ripping off $1000 of Whole Food supplements is giving the Asian community a bad name in Southern California.”

That Whole Foods gals last name was Fan which is quite Chinese. The video was not clear enough to tell for sure if she was white or Chinese/Asian. But via the video I gave 65% chance she was NE Asian.

Fang Fang (spy) and Eric Swalwell remember them? Fang and Fan are probably same Chinese last name


12 posted on 08/08/2025 5:43:38 AM PDT by dennisw (There is no limit to human stupidity)
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To: BenLurkin

Who checks out small business loans Mr Magoo.


13 posted on 08/08/2025 7:53:24 AM PDT by Vaduz
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