(Bigstock Photo) Federal authorities charged a Seattle-area man on Tuesday with one count of wire fraud after he submitted fake applications for COVID-19 relief programs. Austin Hsu, a 46-year-old resident of Issaquah, Wash., illegally sought more than $1.1 million from the Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), part of the government’s CARES Act launched earlier this year to assist businesses facing pandemic-related economic challenges.

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