Efforts to defraud the program were substantial. According to the Inspector General’s 2022 report, at least 70,000 PPP loans were potentially fraudulent. [1] The Small Business Administration recently ...

Acting U.S. Attorney Justin Whatcott announced Miguel Vittorio, Yessenia Casillas and Luis Vasquez pleaded guilty to bank ...

Many of the workers admitted they paid kickbacks to others to fill out phony applications to get loans through the Paycheck Protection Program, which was intended to help businesses struggling during ...

A Jacksonville man has pleaded guilty to wire fraud involving COVID relief funds through the Paycheck Protection Program.

A man who owned multiple businesses in New Jersey has admitted that he fraudulently obtained about $3.2 million in fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. Daniel Dadoun, 48, a former South ...

Private investigators from Florida alleged that the company had too many employees to qualify for a small-business loan it ...

James Michael Bergeron was the first person in the San Antonio area to be charged with defrauding the Paycheck Protection ...

A Leland-based furniture company has agreed to pay nearly $1.5 million in restitution and penalties for fraudulently ...

Campbell Sales Group, which does business as Leather Italia USA, has agreed to pay $1,499,164 in restitution and penalties in ...

The Lake Ridge Parks and Recreation Association has paid $695,000 to settle False Claims Act allegations that it falsely ...

A Virginia medical group was accused of falsely reporting payroll costs during a PPP loan forgiveness application.