The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act was a federal law enacted in or around March 2020 designed to provide emergency financial assistance to the millions of Americans who ...
When the Paycheck Protection Program launched during the pandemic shutdowns of spring 2020, it immediately became a chaotic free-for-all. Called PPP for short, the program offered simple-to-get, ...
A new congressional report finds that financial technology companies enabled fraud in the Paycheck Protection Program, which gave forgivable loans to small businesses during the pandemic. Rampant ...
Federal prosecutors say hundreds of fraudulent PPP loan applications led to about 561 loans and more than $11 million in ...
One of the founders of the lender service provider Blueacorn has entered a guilty plea in a scheme intended to fraudulently obtain COVID relief money through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). A ...
The Long-Term Effects Felt by Lenders Nationwide. As a result of the United States government instituting the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”), companies nationwide have defaulted on hundreds of ...
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin defended his department’s decision to only release a partial list of the Paycheck Protection Program’s loan recipients, but said Congress could obtain additional ...
Federal prosecutors accused a Dallas-Irving man and a Chicago woman of using fraudulent applications to generate more than ...
The Paycheck Protection Program is one of the most successful government programs ever created. It distributed $800 billion of forgivable loans during the once-in-a-century pandemic to over six ...
Bank of America (BofA) has disclosed a data breach that affected a 'small number' of customers who had applied for the US Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). In a letter to customers [PDF], Charlotte, ...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A 41-year-old Port St. Lucie man and former Broward Sheriff’s Office detention lieutenant was charged with two counts of wire fraud for allegedly fraudulently obtaining ...
A scam alert for small business owners who got financial relief as part of the Paycheck Protection Program during COVID-19. RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A scam alert for small business owners. This scam ...