DOJ v. John J. Diehl Jr.

John J. Diehl Jr. allegedly committed $379,900 in pandemic fraud. According to the DOJ, Diehl applied for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) on behalf of his law firm, the Diehl Law Group, and pledged that Diehl Law Group would use the funds “to alleviate economic injury caused by disaster,” but he diverted those funds for personal use rather than the purposes Congress intended. Diehl used loan proceeds for personal Tesla, Audi and Jeep vehicle payments, personal credit card bills, residential mortgage payments, fees paid to a St. Louis law firm for a personal legal matter, a family member’s college tuition, pool maintenance, country club expenses and cash withdrawals for personal expenses.

Summary generated from official Department of Justice press release