MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Mark Erjavec, 49, from Edina, has been indicted on five counts of wire fraud for allegedly defrauding federal Covid-19 relief programs, obtaining over $975,000 intended to assist small businesses.

“Erjavec stole nearly $1 million in government dollars meant to keep small businesses alive during the pandemic,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson. “When Minnesotans were struggling to keep their doors open and pay their workers, Erjavec lined his own pockets. Fraud that exploits a crisis is especially shameful.”

A federal indictment state Erjavec reactivated dormant businesses he owned from the mid-1990s to early 2000s, such as Tricolor Heron, LLC, and Mesaba Finance – Law, LLC, to submit fraudulent applications for Economic Injury Disaster Loans and Paycheck P

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