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•   Never give your fi nancial    days later on May 2, I received an email
               details to someone you don’t    stating that the money was going to
               know and trust, especially      those applications in the queue from the

               if you meet them online.        first round, but that she would forward
                                               my “case” to the Grants Coordinator
              •   Be suspicious of individuals you
                                               and Community Liaison. On May 18,
               meet on dating websites if they
                                               Bart Kennedy emailed an apology “for
               want to use your bank account for
                                               his extreme tardiness” in  replying and
               receiving and forwarding money.
                                               asked if I was ever successful in applying
              •   Search online for information   for an EIDL grant. Below is my reply:  ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY
               about anyone that is soliciting you.
                                               Good Morning Mr. Kennedy,                   ĂŝůLJ  ĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ
            How to report suspicious activity                                               RN on Call
                                               No, we were not successful in applying
            If you believe you are part of a money                                      ,ŽŵĞ  ŽŽŬĞĚ DĞĂůƐ͕

                                               for an EIDL grant. The web site still does
            mule scam, stop transferring money                                          ^ŶĂĐŬƐ Θ  ĞǀĞƌĂŐĞƐ
                                               not allow for applicants to submit new
            and immediately notify your fi nancial                                     >ĂƵŶĚƌLJ Θ ,ŽƵƐĞŬĞĞƉŝŶŐ
                                               applications and all my efforts seeking
            institution and law enforcement. Your
                                               other avenues have been frustrated. No   >ŝĐĞŶƐĞĚ ƚŽ WƌŽǀŝĚĞ
            financial institution should stop all                                        ĂƌĞ ĨŽƌ >ĞǀĞůƐ ϭ͕Ϯ͕ϯ
                                               one has been able to access that web
            possible transactions. Contact the FBI’s
                                               site since the initial phase went online    DĞŵŽƌLJ  ĂƌĞ
            Internet Crime Complaint Center and
                                               mid-April. When it first opened, I   ^ƉĞĐŝĂů  ŝĞƚ Θ  ŝŶŝŶŐ  ƐƐŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ
            your local FBI Field Offi  ce.
                                               designated three days to trying to access   WŽƐƚͲƌĞŚĂďŝůŝƚĂƟŽŶ WĂƌƚŶĞƌƐŚŝƉƐ
            Resources: Bankinfosecurity.com;   that site, but it was a waste of time.  I   ǁŝƚŚ  ŽĐƚŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ dŚĞƌĂƉŝƐƚƐ
            FBI.gov; Federal Deposit Insurance   originally contacted Nan Mann on        ĂŶĚ ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ͘͘͘
            Corporation, National Association of   April 27 after multiple attempts by my

            Federally-Insured Credit Unions.   husband, myself, and even my banker to   www.arcadia-living.com
                                               get in on the second round. She informed   Arcadia of Denton
            Speaking of money, I’m going to do a
                                               me that those who somehow managed to        701 S. 5th Ave
            bit of venting here and share part of
                                               get an application in would be first in the   (Formerly Gables at Caroline)

            an email I sent out to one of Senator
                                               money queue.
            Chris VanHallens people. Many people                                   Come Home to Arcadia
            in Caroline County who run small   This financial “program” was badly
            businesses like hair dressers, nail salons,   structured, with few stop gaps designed   having learned anything from the 2008
            the boutiques that line our main streets,   to control corporate greed, and was   bailout disaster.
            and tradesmen, attempted to apply for   obviously intended to vomit money into   There was a lot of hullabaloo about
            the $10,000 loans promised by both   the wrong hands.  It only benefited the 664   getting some of those funds back from

            Houses to cover overhead during the   Marylanders, with the right connections,   big business. Where is that money going?
            crisis. We have all heard about how the   who had a heads-up re : beating the   Dare I hope it will be re-routed to the
            big business hogs came in and gobbled   system. Per the SBA information   public as originally intended? Is there any
            up the money. Based on statistical   provided by Mr. VanHallen dated April   money left in this program? Considering

            information sent out during an email   24, those early applications averaged   your long delay in responding ( I contacted
            blast by Senator VanHallen, as of April   $219,496 per application, proving that   Nan a month ago and see she forwarded
            24, 664 applications were processed.   the $10,000 grants for ”Mom and Pop”   my email to you May 2nd ) is another
            Based on the $145,745,800  allocated   sized small  businesses were never the real   attempt at gaining assistance a moot
            to Maryland the average approved   demographic this was purported to help.   point? If you have the ability to facilitate
            recipient got $219,496! Think any of   That is positively offensive!! I consider this   a new application and get us in the queue


            that went to true small businesses?   whole financial debacle to be a disgraceful

                                                                                 that, of course, would be appreciated, but
                                               scam perpetrated against the American

            The SBA application site crashed, then                               I’m tired of spitting in the wind, so if the
                                               public during an election year to con
            closed, stating that no more applications                            money is gone, just respond in an upfront
                                               people into believing government largess
            were being accepted within 48 hours                                  manner ASAP please. I will then inform
                                               was a solution to the Covid-19 crisis and

            of the money being made available.                                   those in my circle of influence that any
                                               to garner votes for both parties. As far as

            One week before the second round of                                  hope of assistance has finally ended for
                                               this voter is concerned, it is further proof
            money was to be made available the                                   all of us.
                                               of systematic cronyism and all it’s done
            site was still announcing that no more

                                               is further reduce my faith in our broken   Thank you in advance for any assistance
            apps were being accepted, so I contacted
                                               system. There is one thing you can bank   you can off er.

            Nan Mann of the Senators offi  ce hoping
                                               on and that is the grass roots disgust with
            for direction/assistance to apply. Th ree                            Mary Moran
                                               our ALL of our representatives for not
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