Naples ex-con indicted for $2.6 million COVID fraud

A Naples man faces decades in federal prison after being indicted for allegedly defrauding the federal government and banks to get more than $2.6 million in COVID-19 relief funds.

Daniel Joseph Tisone, 34, has been indicted for committing wire fraud, bank fraud, aggravated identity theft and illegal monetary transactions as well possession of ammunition by an ex-convict. If convicted, prosecutors say he faces up to 30 years in federal prison for each of the four wire fraud and six bank counts, a two year minimum mandatory term for the two aggravated identity theft counts and up to 10 years for each of the five illegal monetary transactions and for the possession of ammunition count.