Crime & Justice

COVID Scammer Who Faked His Own Suicide Gets Prison Time

NICE TRY

David Adler Staveley applied for $543,959 in forgivable pandemic relief loans, then went to elaborate lengths to avoid being sent to prison.

Justin Rohrlich
Justin Rohrlich 

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