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 ...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Herb Chambers, a well-known New England automotive retailer, has agreed to pay the federal government roughly $11.8 million to resolve claims that it fraudulently ...

What individuals and companies need to know about continued investigations and enforcement under Trump 2.0. As we enter the second half of 2025—over five years now since the COVID-19 pandemic ...

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 ...

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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 parent company of Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center has agreed to pay back millions of dollars in pandemic-era loans as the federal government continues to crack down on fraud related to the ...

BATTLE CREEK, MI — A Michigan company received COVID funding it was ineligible to get because of its size, according to federal prosecutors, resulting in an investigation and a hefty payment to ...

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 ...

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 ...

On June 18, A Dallas family pled guilty to defrauding the government by receiving Paycheck Protection Program loans. Seven adults, Lori Jackson, 63, Saidrick Jackson, 61, Saidrick Jackson II, 36, ...

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 ...