A Southern California couple who fled overseas to avoid lengthy prison sentences in a large COVID-relief fraud scheme have been returned to the United States after more than a year as fugitives, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Friday.
Ayvazyan and Terabelian were members of a Los Angeles-based fraud ring who engaged a scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $20 million in Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan COVID-19 relief funds.
The couple used dozens of fake, stolen or synthetic identities -- including names belonging to elderly or deceased people and foreign exchange students who briefly visited the United States years ago and never returned -- to submit fraudulent applications for about 150 PPP and EIDL loans. In support of the fraudulent loan applications, Ayvazyan and Terabelian also submitted false and fictitious documents to lenders and the
Small Business Administration, including fake identity documents, tax documents, and payroll records. The couple then used the fraudulently obtained funds as down payments on luxury homes in Tarzana, Glendale and Palm Desert. They also used the funds to buy gold coins, diamonds, jewelry, luxury watches, fine imported furnishings, designer handbags, clothing and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
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