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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 1, 2020

U.S. Attorney Mike Dunavant, the federal prosecutor in western Tennessee, has named Assistant U.S. Attorney Tony Arvin as the office coordinator of all efforts to prosecute fraud related to the COVID-19 pandemic, WMC News 5 reports. Arvin, a veteran prosecutor and senior litigation counsel in the office, will focus solely on such cases with an emphasis on medical supply hoarding and scams related to offer stimulus checks, Dunavant said. A national hotline has been created to report suspected fraud. Individuals can call 866-720-5721 or e-mail disaster@leo.gov to report suspected abuse.