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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14523607/cori-bush-husband-charged-covid-relief-wire-fraud.html
Democrat 'Squad' firebrand Cori Bush's husband charged with
$20,000 COVID wire fraud
A former Democratic lawmaker and BLM activist's husband has
been charged with wire fraud for allegedly lying on COVID
relief forms.
Cortney Merritts, 46, the husband of Cori Bush, who represented
a neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri, from 2021 to 2025, was
charged in a federal indictment on Thursday.
Bush, a member of the progressive 'Squad' alongside Reps.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar and more, lost her
bid for reelection in November.
Her husband is accused of collecting over $20,000 in
government funds from the Small Business Administration
(SBA) in 2020 and 2021 after filing allegedly fraudulent
applications.
According to the indictment, Merritts received $8,500
from the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (EIDL)
in July 2020 after requesting funds for a moving business
he operated called Vetted Couriers.
His application stated he employed six people and generated
$32,000 in revenue during the prior year.
The next day, on July 8, 2020, Merritts submitted another
EIDL request, this time under a proprietorship called
'Cortney Merritts.' In it, he claimed he had 10 employees
and made $53,000 in revenue.
This application was denied for being 'nearly identical'
to the application he sent the day before, and federal
authorities allege that the request was fraudulent.
. . .
Double whammy - first she was booted from office and
now Hubby is a felon :-)
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