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

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 ...

A York City tax preparer pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud for his role in fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program loans. Dommonick T. Chatman admitted to preparing or approving fraudulent PPP ...

Retiring Inspector General Deborah Witzburg reported the new round of fraud in what will be her final quarterly report. Her ...

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 ...

The founders of a financial technology firm that helped lenders make pandemic relief loans to thousands of small businesses across the country — including more than 3,200 on Long Island — have been ...

A former meatpacking plant worker from Northern Iowa was found guilty in a jury trial on May 8 for receiving fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program loans, recruiting others into the scheme, and ...

The federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program distributed about 4.9 million loans from April through June to help businesses weather the fallout from the coronavirus. While 86% of participating ...

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 ...