A Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy who had served on the SWAT team went to trial this week in Miami federal court on charges of defrauding a government loan program that helped businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alexandra Acosta, a 10-year BSO veteran, is accused of using a real estate company with help from a tax preparer to obtain a $20,180 loan from the federal Paycheck Protection Program in 2021. Prosecutors say she falsified income, tax and other records to qualify for the loan guaranteed by the Small Business Administration.
Acosta is the last of 17 BSO deputies — all arrested last fall on PPP and other loan fraud charges — to go to trial or cut a plea deal.
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