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The relief program had a door. He walked through it eighty-five thousand times.

Absalom Hall walked into a federal relief program designed for businesses that did not exist and walked out with $85,401. On May 15, a judge sent him to prison for three years. The door he used is still open for thousands of others.

By Elena Ruiz · May 19

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The certificate said covered. The job site said cash. The gap was the business.

For nearly nine years, an Orlando plastering company sold a paper promise to hundreds of subcontractors: insurance certificates that looked real and a payroll channel that ran in cash. On May 6, 2026, a federal judge put numbers on what it cost.

By Elena Ruiz · May 6

The relief program had a door. He walked through it eighty-five thousand times.

The certificate said covered. The job site said cash. The gap was the business.

See the pitch they're running today.

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