The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was created at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to provide financial aid for small ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A Cedar Rapids man, Don Edward Williams, Jr., has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for ...

As of May 2024, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) had flagged nearly 38,000 already-forgiven Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans ...

WASHINGTON - A loan program meant to help small businesses stay afloat and pay their employees has returned five months after its first two rounds of funding ended. The U.S. Small Business ...

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 ...

Retiring Inspector General Deborah Witzburg reported the new round of fraud in what will be her final quarterly report. Her successor will inherit 80 more cases still in the pipeline.

A Marietta man receives a nearly 15-year sentence for fraudulently obtaining $13 million from PPP loans and the IRS, using ...

Araceli Benitez allegedly advertised services to obtain Paycheck Protection Program loans. Benitez arrested in FBI, IRS investigation into COVID-19 relief fraud. Paycheck Protection Program was ...

A rehab center and its owner were ordered to pay over $1.5m for violating the False Claims Act with PPP loans.

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The SBA will begin accepting Shuttered Venue Operators Grant applications on April 8. Entities interested in applying can sign up for updates via a splash page for the new SVOG application portal. The ...