Local contractor indicted by FBI on 23 felony charges connected to allegedly defrauding federal programs

Joel Matthew Caswell faces charges including wire fraud, tax evasion and aggravated identity theft; local businesses, residents have long history of court cases.. ... According to an indictment filed in the case, Caswell faces four felony counts of wire fraud, three counts of tax evasion, one count of aggravated identity theft and 15 counts of failure to collect or truthfully account for and pay over tax. The case against Caswell centers largely around the alleged defrauding of federal programs devised to offer relief to businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Grand jury charges in the indictment allege that between 2018...