Most Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) borrowers are working toward full forgiveness of their PPP loans and are anxious to get this process started. A borrower ...

The federal Small Business Administration suspended more than 111,000 California borrowers after uncovering $8.6 billion in suspected fraudulent activity linked to the COVID pandemic, SBA ...

Federal prosecutors claim that Carl Delano Torjagbo siphoned millions in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds and filed fraudulent tax returns to generate false tax refunds. On January 27, 2026, ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A Cedar Rapids man, Don Edward Williams, Jr., has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for laundering $20,000 from a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan.

Angelica Pacheco, former Hialeah council member, leaves her court hearing on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, at the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse in downtown Miami, Fla. Alie Skowronski ...

A Macomb County woman who told “countless lies” in a fraud scheme that netted $3.3 million from the federal COVID-19 program has been sentenced to serve two years in prison, according to federal ...

Jan 7 (Reuters) - A unit of KeyCorp (KEY.N), opens new tab will pay $7.77 million to resolve allegations that the large regional bank violated the federal False Claims Act by submitting fraudulent ...

The settlement resolves allegations that the college improperly obtained and retained Paycheck Protection Program funds by falsely certifying its eligibility. The settlement, approved by the federal ...

The Small Business Administration (SBA) announced Thursday that it suspended 6,900 Minnesota borrowers after uncovering what it says is widespread suspected fraud. SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler ...

A federal judge will give former Phoenix news anchor Stephanie Hockridge an extra month before she must report to prison in the Blueacorn paycheck protection program loan fraud case. Hockridge, who ...

About 400 government employees investigated by the state of Illinois improperly tapped a federal pandemic relief fund program meant to keep small businesses afloat — part of a nationwide wave of ...