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Bath man sentenced to 6 years, 4 months for $600K COVID relief and bad-check scheme

Justin C. Heimbach, 33, was sentenced after prosecutors say he filed false pandemic unemployment claims for former employees and wrote bad checks to car dealerships in a scheme that netted about $600,000.

Published Jun 17, 2026, 12:05 PM EDT | LehighValleyLive

A Bath man was sentenced to six years and four months in prison for filing false COVID-19 relief claims on behalf of former employees.

Justin C. Heimbach, 33, also defrauded multiple car dealerships by writing bad checks, prosecutors said.