The Federal Reserve designed its Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility to ease liquidity issues and support small business lending during the pandemic. The liquidity facility allowed banks to ...

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A Junction City woman pleaded guilty to stealing over $487,000 in federal COVID-19 relief funds. Jodi Aliece Jennings fraudulently obtained multiple Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury ...

Key Bank has agreed to pay more than $7.7 million to settle allegations that it submitted loan forgiveness applications for Paycheck Protection Program loans it knew were likely fraudulent. The ...

The Trump administration’s decision to ban thousands of Minnesotans from U.S. Small Business Administration loans further stokes the fraud allegations that have roiled the state. The borrower ...

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is suspending almost 7,000 Minnesota borrowers over “suspected fraudulent activity” and blocking them from all other loan programs. The announcement was ...

The Small Business Administration (SBA) announced Thursday that it suspended 6,900 Minnesota borrowers after uncovering what it says is widespread suspected fraud. SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler ...

CHICAGO — 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 ...

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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 ...