Ex-Queen Mary Operators Ordered by Judge to Pay Daily $250 Fine in Alleged PPP Loan Fraud

The Queen Mary is berthed between in the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, Calif., on July 11, 2020. Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times/TNS

By Nathan Solis From Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES—A federal bankruptcy judge issued a $250-a-day fine to former operators of the Queen Mary who are accused of stealing $2.4 million from a COVID-19 relief loan meant to pay their employees during the pandemic.