A Rockland man has been charged by the Feds of scheming to steal $1.6 million in COVID-19 relief funds. Damian Williams of the U.S. Attorney’s Office says 33 year-old Elizier Scher of Spring Valley was arrested yesterday and accused of taking Small Business Administration funds intended for companies in need of assistance during the pandemic. They say he used the proceeds to buy real estate and pay off credit card expenses. Scher was arraigned in While Plains Federal Court and faces a maximum of 20 years in prison if convicted on the sole count of wire fraud.