Crime & Safety

North Texan Dinesh Sah Pleads Guilty To $24M COVID-Relief Fraud Scheme

From Bentleys to yachts to trips to Vegas and nights at the strip club, it was all paid for out of a government COVID-19 relief fund.

March 25, 2021

A Coppell businessman pleaded guilty Wednesday, March 24, to orchestrating a fraudulent scheme to obtain approximately $24.8 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program loans and laundering the proceeds.

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CBS 11 first reported on Dinesh Sah, 55, back in November 2020.

According to court documents, Dinesh Sah, 55, admitted that he submitted 15 fraudulent applications, filed under the names of various purported businesses that he owned or controlled, to eight different lenders seeking approximately $24.8 million in PPP loans.

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