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 ...

New England auto mogul Herb Chambers has agreed to pay roughly $11.8 million to resolve federal allegations that several of his companies falsely certified eligibility for pandemic-era emergency ...

Knoxville company Hoffmann Quality Tools, owned by the Hoffmann Group, paid more than $1.4 million in fees to repay a loan after claiming money it didn't qualify for under the COVID-19 pandemic-era ...

The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has intensified civil fraud investigations aimed at borrowers who obtained Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loans despite falling outside the class ...

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - A business headquartered in Brunswick County has agreed to pay nearly $1.5 million in restitution and penalties as part of a criminal settlement. Campbell Sales Group, ...

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 company that operates 130 fitness centers has agreed to pay the government to resolve a pandemic-era loan dispute.

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 ...

MID-MICHIGAN (WJRT) - LaFontaine Management Inc. has agreed to pay $1.5 million for allegedly obtaining Paycheck Protection Program grants the business was not eligible to receive. U.S. Attorney ...

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 ...