Authorities indicted a Bay Ridge man on multiple charges for allegedly stealing more than $104,000 in COVID-19 relief funds and a scheme to get on the 2024 Democratic primary ballot for U.S. Senate by using fraudulent election petitions.

According to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, the defendant, Khaled Salem, purportedly applied for a Paycheck Protection Program loan in April of 2020, for his nonprofit organization, American Human Rights, Inc. He later received a $104,166 loan on March 15, 2021 before applying for loan forgiveness where he provided false information about payroll costs and listing fake employees.

“Misusing public funds intended to help small businesses recover, and fabricating support to appear on the ballot, are serious allegations that reflect a troubling d

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