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 ...

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 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A federal judge has sentenced a Loxahatchee woman described as the ringleader of a South Florida Paycheck Protection Program fraud ...

Billionaire Herb Chambers will pay $11.8 million to settle allegations that his companies improperly obtained Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. Chambers' companies allegedly sought loans ...

Big companies that received loans under the Payment Protection Program may be forced to give it back. The Small Business Administration issued new guidelines for borrowers. It implies that if ...

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 South Jersey health system is paying $3.1 million to settle allegations that it improperly took a loan from the federal Paycheck Protection Program during the Covid era. The payment by Shore Medical ...

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Allegations of fraud came to light through a previously sealed lawsuit brought by two whistleblowers. The whistleblowers will receive a combined 15% of the settlement amount, the U.S. Attorney’s ...

The Small Business Administration says it will not accept new Payment Protection Program or Economic Injury Disaster Loan applications yet, even though the U.S. Senate yesterday passed a new $480 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An El Paso business owner who advertised her services to apply for the Paycheck Protection Program was arrested by federal agents ...