WASHINGTON, Aug 5 — Instead of speeding off in a US$200,000 (RM845,103) Lamborghini Urus, a Texas man got a slower ride to jail yesterday after US authorities arrested him for using US$1.6 million in government pandemic aid to go on a spending spree. Lee Price III, 29, was charged with fraud...
The Lamborghini Urus — Picture courtesy of Lamborghini
Lee Price III, 29, was charged with fraud after he secured two government loans under the Paycheck Protection Program to pay employees he did not have, the Justice Department said in a statement.
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