If Joe Biden needs help staffing that pandemic fraud office he says the Justice Department is setting up, Boston might be a good place to look

From a pizzeria owner charged with getting bogus pandemic loans to become a gentleman alpaca farmer in Vermont to the New Jersey comedian who tried some funny business with Massachusetts pandemic unemployment assistance, the US Attorney's office in Boston has been busy over the past couple of years with prosecutions for various pandemic related frauds. Here are some of the cases:

Beverly pizzeria owner charged with using federal payroll grant to start a new life as a gentleman alpaca farmer in Vermont, 5/4/21.

Not so funny business: New Jersey comedian admits role in $1.2-million Massachusetts pandemic unemployment fraud, 11/12/21.

Jury convicts Winchester man for fraudulent pandemic relief loan for company whose few workers were in India, 2/25/22.

Hull man who spent time in prison for securities fraud going back to prison for pandemic-relief fraud, 2/25/22.

Man gets four years to think about his Grand Prix, Covid-19, ice-rink scamming ways, 2/15/22.

Michigan man latest to be charged with submitting fraudulent Massachusetts pandemic unemployment claims, 1/14/22.

Lawrence woman gets three years for fraudulent pandemic unemployment claims; Rhode Island man arrested for same thing, 11/5/21

Feds charge Boston man collected pandemic unemployment even as he was working fulltime; also charged with trying to use the bank account of his wife's non-profit to get a mortgage, 10/19/21.

Man caps career of financial fraud with sentence of more than 7 years for ripping off state unemployment system, 10/14/21.

Man who spent several years in prison for bank fraud charged with lying to get government pandemic funds, 9/28/21.

Owner of a Brighton Center massage business turned bordello agrees to repay the $7,066 in pandemic aid she got, 9/14/21.

Two Nigerians laundered money from Covid-19 scams through somebody they snared in a romance scam, feds charge, 5/27/21.

Miami woman charged with using RMV Web site to help steal people's IDs and apply for federal disaster loans, 5/11/21.