COVID fraud lands Riverview, Fort Myers men in federal prison

Two local men were sentenced to federal prison this week in separate cases stemming from criminal charges for COVID relief fraud.

According to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida, 40-year-old Evan Graves was sentenced to 18 months by a judge in Fort Myers and 39-year-old Alexander Alli was sentenced to 13 months by a judge in Tampa.

Graves, of Alva, Lee County, pleaded guilty in Decembers, and Alli, of Riverview, Hillsborough County, was found guilty by a jury in March.