Four non-profits agreed to pay over $3 million to resolve allegations of misusing PPP loans after settling with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A local business owner had been indicted in federal court for allegedly obtaining $316,062 through fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans in 2021 and laundering more ...

A Springfield business owner has been indicted in federal court for allegedly obtaining more than $316,000 fraudulently through COVID-relief loans and laundering more than $35,000 in those loan funds.

Small Business Administration (SBA) head Kelly Loeffler said Monday that her department is halting annual grants to Minnesota, amid an investigation into alleged fraud in COVID-era lending programs.

Dec. 16 (UPI) --Three Chinese-owned companies agreed to pay $7.3 million to resolve allegations they submitted false claims to secure loans under a COVID-19-era program to help pay employees, the ...

The Small Business Administration is halting federal funding to Minnesota as it probes potential fraud in the state, the head of the agency announced Monday. “SBA is pausing annual funding to ...

Three Chinese-owned companies have agreed to shell out $7.3 million to resolve allegations they submitted false claims in order to secure COVID-19 relief loans, the Department of Justice (DOJ) ...

Public trust is hard to build and easy to lose, and Minnesota shows what happens when oversight failures are allowed to ...