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Florida Man Charged After He Is Accused Of Using Money From COVID-19 Relief Loan To Purchase A Lamborghini

<p>Just when you thought you have heard it all&comma; there is always something that pops up and takes the cake&period; This time around&comma; a Florida man is accused of fraudulently obtaining millions from the Paycheck Protection Program&comma; and using the money to buy luxury items&comma; including a new Lamborghini&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nbcnews&period;com&sol;news&sol;us-news&sol;florida-man-accused-using-coronavirus-relief-funds-buy-lamborghini-n1235043">NBC News<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; unsealed court documents revealed that David T&period; Hines&comma; 29&comma; from Miami was arrested and charged with bank fraud&period; The Justice Department said that Federal agents seized the car&comma; which was worth &dollar;318&comma;000&comma; and also a total of &dollar;3&period;4 million from his bank accounts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Documents say that David applied for &dollar;13&period;5 million in paycheck protection loans when he filed applications on behalf of different companies that reportedly included false statements about employee payroll expenses&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The documents stated&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Those purported employees either did not exist or earned a fraction of what Hines claimed in his PPP applications&period; Collectively&comma; Hines falsely claimed his companies paid millions of dollars in payroll the first quarter of 2020&period; State and bank records&comma; however&comma; show little to no payroll expense during this period&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the end&comma; the bank ended up approving &dollar;3&period;9 million in loans&period; A few days after receiving the money&comma; he reportedly went and purchased a 2020 Lamborghini Huracán&period; However&comma; there were reportedly no payroll payments being made to employees&comma; and luxury items and services were being paid for within the Miami area&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Monday&comma; David appeared in front of U&period;S&period; Chief Magistrate Judge John J&period; O&&num;8217&semi;Sullivan and was formally notified about the charges against him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;time&period;com&sol;5872449&sol;florida-man-covid-19-relief-funds-lamborghini-ppp&sol;">Time Magazine<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; 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