ALEXANDRIA, Va. (DOJ PR) – A Senior Executive Service (SES) employee of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) pleaded guilty today to submitting fraudulent applications for over $350,000 in COVID-19 economic relief loans and benefits.

“Despite holding a senior executive position at NASA, the defendant applied for over $350,000 in fraudulent loans and benefits,” said Raj Parekh, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. “In doing so, he essentially treated COVID-19 relief programs as a personal piggy bank, using funds intended to provide pandemic relief for small businesses and the unemployed to pay down his credit card debt, pay off loans for a residential pool and minivan, and pay a dog-breeder, among other personal expenses. EDVA will continue to hold accountable individuals who exploit a national economic crisis in order to unlawfully enrich themselves at the expense of those in genuine need due to the pandemic.”

JPL ANNOUNCEMENT

JPL, in coordination with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), present the 23rd Annual High-Tech Small Business Conference on Tuesday, March 1 and Wednesday, March 2, 2011.

The conference affords small businesses the opportunity to meet purchasing and technical representatives from major corporations and Federal Agencies during the Marketplace Forum to discuss contract opportunities.

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PRESS RELEASE

Expanding its success with the US Department of Labor’s Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) initiative, the California Space Authority announced today that it has signed a strategic alliance memorandum with the Small Business Administration (SBA) in Orange County.

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