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El Patron restaurant owner faces federal fraud, money laundering charges
The owner of several Mexican restaurants in Northwest Florida and Alabama has been ar-rested on a slew of charges related to the mishandling of COVID-19 era federal loans.
Cesar Campos-Reyes, 52, is charged with four counts of bank fraud, four counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Alabama, the charges stem from an alleged scheme involving federal program fraud.
Raids conducted July 15 led to the arrest of Cesar Campos-Reyes, the owner of El Patron Mexican Grill locations in Northwest Florida and Alabama. He also owns Mariachi’s Mexican Grill in Gulf Breeze. Photo courtesy of FBI’s Mobile office.
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