Stolen Identities, Inflated Payrolls, and Fake Websites: St. Louis Fraud Ring Indicted for $8.3M Heist

Six St. Louis-area residents have been accused of bilking taxpayers out of $8.3 million meant to help struggling businesses during COVID-19. The indictment accuses the conspirators of submitting at least 40 fraudulent applications between March 2020 and December 2024 for Paycheck Protection…