A federal grand jury has indicted a San Jose restaurant owner with bilking $3.5 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds and spending it to refinance his home, buy a Lexus and use at a casino, charging documents indicate.
David Tai Leung, who owns half of Tomi Sushi and Seafood Buffet in a mall at 2200 Eastridge Loop, was charged Wednesday in U.S. District Court on allegations of his fraudulent use of payments from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund.
Leung received $5 million in June 2021 from the federal fund, which was supposed to help restaurants recover from their losses in the pandemic, according to the indictment. He signed documents in May 2021 promising to use those pandemic funds to pay his employees, keep the lights on and to keep his business operating from February 2020 through March 2023. The restaurant serves all-you-can eat Japanese and Hong Kong-style food.
The grand jury also found he used about $40,000 to refinance his home in Sacramento, and also pay the Lexus dealer in Roseville and the Red Hawk Casino.In April 2021, Attorney General Rob Bonta charged
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