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Former state senator Andy Sanborn’s criminal trial on pandemic relief fraud charges tied to his Concord Casino has been pushed back to next year.
Last October, Sanborn, who operated the casino on South Main Street in Concord, was arrested and later indicted on theft charges, accusing him of inflating his company’s worth by about $1 million to secure more state pandemic relief funds than he was entitled to.
The jury trial was scheduled to take place on October 7. But, on Thursday, Merrimack Superior Court Judge John Kissinger rescheduled it to April 7, 2026.
The trial is expected to last about three weeks.
Sanborn and his company, Win Win Win, which owns the casino, face charges of theft by deception and theft by unauthorized taking.
His attorneys in court documents have said that the duplicate charges have “violated principles of multiplicity, due process and selectivity.”
They’ve also said that the indictments are part of an attempt by the Attorney General’s Office to block the sale of Concord Casino.
According to the state’s indictment, Sanborn and Win Win Win misrepresented financial data in their application for the Main Street Relief Fund, a program designed to help New Hampshire small businesses weather COVID-19 disruptions. --->READ MORE HERE
A Baton Rouge man was convicted of wire fraud and unlawful monetary transactions for filing fake loan applications during the COVID-19 pandemic after a three-day trial.
Acting United States Attorney Ellison C. Travis said Oscar Hills IV, 53, lied on applications for pandemic relief programs, claiming his businesses, called Bootstate Financial Group, had dozens of employees and high expenses. He also applied under the name of a nonprofit called Baton Rouge Teen Summit.
He received $835,00 in loans and spent the money on personal expenses, including $75,500 for a Dodge Viper and $23,272 to pay off years’ worth of unpaid property taxes.
Hills was previously convicted of wire fraud in 2010 and served prison time, according to Travis. --->READ MORE HEREFollow links below to relevant/related stories and resources:
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