{"id":92927,"date":"2026-08-15T13:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T13:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=92927"},"modified":"2026-08-15T13:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T13:30:18","slug":"massachusetts-mayor-arrested-over-1-5m-covid-relief-loan-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/08\/15\/massachusetts-mayor-arrested-over-1-5m-covid-relief-loan-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts mayor arrested over $1.5m COVID relief loan fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA2a8aXb.img?w=768&h=512&m=6&x=110&y=135&s=681&d=91\" alt=\"DePena was released after agreeing to several conditions, including turning over his passport and not seeking any loans without court approval (AP Photos\/Michael Casey)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A mayor in Massachusetts was taken into police custody on Friday after being accused of fraudulently securing a pandemic relief loan to settle personal tax obligations, cover high-interest mortgages <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/other\/massachusetts-mayor-arrested-over-1-5m-covid-relief-loan-fraud\/ar-AA2a8JAH?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=f4eddf4489554155d90ce1fbfad73b64&ei=13\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>A mayor in Massachusetts was taken into police custody on Friday after being accused of fraudulently securing a pandemic relief loan to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/covidvaccine2.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92927"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92928,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92927\/revisions\/92928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}