Feds want beloved Kearney businessman to testify in COVID-era loan fraud investigation
They’re investigating whether the Younes family’s businesses improperly got $4.6 million in COVID business loans. The family’s lawyer says they have been cooperating, but they now want a judge to stop the investigation.
Developer Paul Younes shakes hands with then-Mayor Stan Clouse at a 2022 event in Kearney. “Paul got to where he’s at by hard work, not by cheating the system,” said Clouse, now a state senator. His comments came following news that the federal government wants Younes to testify in an investigation looking at potential fraud.
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