A 55-year-old man from Severna Park was sentenced to over a year in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $250,000 in small-business loans during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a separate case, a Missouri man was sentenced to three years in prison for attempting to raid bank accounts and securing approximately $3 million in corporate tax refunds for a bogus company, according to Connecticut's top federal prosecutor. Additionally, a Texas man, identified as Oluseun Martins Omole, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for a consumer electronics fraud conspiracy involving over $16 million obtained from thousands of victims in the U.S. and elsewhere. Another individual from Lehi was sentenced for stealing more than $300,000 in COVID relief funds.