Florida Businessman Jailed for Stealing $8 Million in COVID Relief to Buy Private Island and Oil Fields in Texas

Patrick Parker Walsh, amongst thousands of swindlers, guilty of the largest fraud in the US history, is now serving a five and a half-year federal prison sentence. Out of the $280 billion potentially plundered in COVID-19 relief aid, $8 million was stolen by Walsh to purchase lavish items including a private island and oil fields, revealing a nationwide issue of fraudulent applications and misappropriated relief aid.