Ghost restaurants such as Intermezzo at 202 Eighth Ave. are no longer in business but a West Side restaurateur applied for over $6.1M in COVID relief loans for up to ten restaurants that the feds said were either shut down or else he overstated the size of the businesses to scam relief loans. Photo: BKUK Group West Side restaurateur who tried to scam $6.1M in COVID loans gets 4+ years in prison instead A businessman who at one time ran up to ten restaurants in Hell’s Kitchen, Chelsea and Greenwich Village has been sentenced... Home 17 Apr 2023 | 11:42
