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 ...

WASHINGTON - A loan program meant to help small businesses stay afloat and pay their employees has returned five months after its first two rounds of funding ended. The U.S. Small Business ...

Federal prosecutors claim that Carl Delano Torjagbo siphoned millions in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds and filed fraudulent tax returns to generate false tax refunds. On January 27, 2026, ...

A man pleaded guilty to a PPP fraud scheme that netted him over $1 million in pandemic relief funds meant for small ...

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 ...

A Charlotte-based company has reached a settlement with the Department of Justice following allegations of an improperly ...

Charlotte company Okaya Shinnichi Corporation of America was ordered to pay nearly $1.2 million regarding allegations that ...

Sentencing in federal court is pending for a Southfield couple, who pleaded guilty to their roles in participating in a $1.2 million Paycheck Protection Program fraud conspiracy. Catherine ...

A Southfield couple has admitted to defrauding the federal government of $1.2 million through a Paycheck Protection Program ...

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Eight individuals, including four current Cleveland police officers, face charges linked to a PPP fraud scheme.

Raisha Kelly of Loxahatchee also will be on the hook for nearly $500,000 in restitution once her prison term ends, according to federal prosecutors.