An Andover man tried to scam the government out of $543,000 in coronavirus relief funds. He faked

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An Andover man tried to scam the government out of $543,000 in coronavirus relief funds. He faked his suicide to evade arrest.


When David Adler Staveley’s family members found his suicide notes in May 2020, many thought the Andover, Mass., man was dead.

The notes were left with associates and family members – including Staveley’s 80-year-old mother. When his unlocked car was found parked near the Atlantic Ocean, law enforcement agents dispatched a search-and-rescue boat in the hopes they could find his body.

Still, not everyone was convinced Staveley was dead. People who knew him best told investigators they suspected the apparent suicide was another one of Staveley’s schemes.

And it was, according to federal investigators.

Over the next three months, Staveley used fake identities and stolen license plates to evade law enforcement agents trying to track him down. He changed his phone number at least five times before U.S. Marshals closed in on him in Alpharetta, Ga., just north of Atlanta.

Read more: https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2021/10/08/man-tried-to-scam-government-543000-in-coronavirus-relief-funds-faked-suicide-to-evade-arrest/