Sterling Business Owner Sentenced for Claiming to be Minority, Service-Disabled Veteran Operated Business JUNE 28, 2013BOSTON – A Sterling, Mass. man was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court in Worcester for conspiring to defraud the Small Business Administration and other government contractors by falsely representing that his business was a minority and service-disabled veteran-owned and operated business. Tyrone Jones, 48, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Timothy S. Hillman to one year and one day in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release. Jones was also ordered to forfeit $399,000. In August 2012, Jones pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 14:27:30 +0000
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