Two sentenced in grant fraud case

Naples woman faces 10 years in federal prison after being convicted for duping Lee County of nearly $5 million in economic development grant funds.


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A Naples woman and a co-conspirator from Suffolk, Va., have been sentenced by a federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to defraud Lee County out of nearly $5 million in grant funds, an individual investor out of $500,000 and the laundering of the proceeds, a case that led to the apparent suicide of a third defendant. 

 

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