OHIO — A Cincinnati man has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for orchestrating a multi-million-dollar COVID-19 relief fraud scheme.
Joseph Lentine III, 55, was sentenced to 63 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Jeffery P. Hopkins for his role in the scheme, which involved fraudulent loan applications and misuse of pandemic relief funds.
According to court documents, Lentine prepared and submitted more than 20 fraudulent loan applications, seeking over $3 million in relief funds…