A Glendale man is scheduled to be sentenced March 2 for conspiring to commit bank fraud in connection with a scheme that submitted more than $1.9 million in falsified claims to the government for COVID-19 pandemic relief funds.

Sarkis Garadzhyan pleaded guilty Monday in Los Angeles federal court to a single count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, according to the Internal Revenue Service.

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Prosecutors said Garadzhyan and co-conspirators created and operated multiple fake businesses, including one called Arizona Hospice Inc., to fraudulently apply for federal pandemic relief program funds. The defendant falsely claimed to have large payrolls at several shell companies and submitted forged tax documents to support th

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