Scranton man charged with 1.5 million dollars in covid fraud

A Scranton man has been charged with fraudulently obtaining more than $1.5 million in COVID funding. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced Friday that James G. Miller Jr. was charged with fraudulently obtaining the money through false representations in multiple applications for assistance. Miller and his co-conspirators are charged with filing fraudulent applications for pandemic stimulus funds, including Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits, Lost Wage Assistance (LWA) payments and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans.