The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon filed a lawsuit on Friday against the financial manager of a nonprofit organization who fraudulently used the nonprofit’s COVID-19 funding to purchase two properties in Provo, Utah. The lawsuit seeks forfeiture of the properties, which have a combined value of $4 million.

The civil forfeiture complaint states that from July 2020 through May 2025, 39-year-old Benjamin Young of Provo used his position as Financial Manager for a nonprofit organization to gain access to its financial accounts and embezzle funds, including funds from federally backed Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans.

While these loans were intended to support the NPO’s payroll and essential operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, Young used them as part of

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