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Levant man sentenced for stealing more than $320,000 from pandemic business relief programs

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A Maine man will spend more than two years behind bars for defrauding pandemic relief programs.

40-year-old Craig Franck of Levant was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to 33 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. He was accused of wire fraud and money laundering. Court records show Franck received more than $320,000 in pandemic relief funding for two businesses which he no longer owned and were not generating income.

Franck used some of the funds to post bail in a felony fraud case in Florida, purchase two vehicles, and pay for other personal expenses.

He pleaded guilty to the charges in August of 2022.

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