McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A businessman who defrauded a pandemic-era loan program pleaded guilty on Tuesday. Edgar De ...

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 ...

DETROIT – The Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division continues to advance its mission to fight fraud and protect taxpayers. Today, United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr.

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 ...

The DOJ is pursuing False Claims Act cases against employers who accepted PPP loans in good faith seeking repayment of up to three times the loan amount plus interest. Professional overseas ...

More than four years after the Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, stopped accepting applications, the U.S. federal government is still combating fraud that exploited the emergency fund disbursements ...

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A California nursing home chain must pay $18 million for allegedly submitting false information on Paycheck Protection Program loan applications and loan forgiveness applications, despite being ...

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...