An Eden Prairie man has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for defrauding more than $2 million in COVID relief funds before fleeing the country.

A Boston man was sentenced last week on fraud and false statements charges as part of a scheme to fraudulently obtain pandemic-related relief funds from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), part of the $2.

An Eden Prairie man was sentenced to seven years behind bars for Covid relief fraud, with officials saying he applied for more than $2.1 million in funds which he spent on himself. U.S. Attorney Andrew M.