{
  "id": 1479338,
  "title": "The pandemic loan was for a tire shop. Prosecutors say it helped elect a mayor",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/the-pandemic-loan-was-for-a-tire-shop-prosecutors-say-it-helped-elect",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-17T11:47:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fortune",
    "slug": "fortune",
    "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/08/17/brian-depena-pandemic-loan-campaign-fraud/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Lawrence Mayor Brian DePena allegedly routed $90,000 of a $1.5 million small-business loan into his 2021 campaign while paying off property debt and taxes.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}