San Jose restaurant owner sentenced in multi-million coronavirus fraud

Published June 19, 2024 8:05am ET



(The Center Square) – A restaurant owner with a business in San Jose who fraudulently got and misused millions of dollars in coronavirus federal stimulus relief funds received a 30-month federal prison sentence last week according to the U.S. Attorney.

David Tai Leung, a 58-year-old from Sacramento, pleaded guilty in February 2024 to “three counts of wire fraud, in connection with fraudulently obtained loans he received from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund and the Paycheck Protection Program,” a release said. He was indicted in August 2022.

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