Ajinomoto Cambrooke agreed to pay over $1.36 million to settle allegations of fraudulently obtaining a PPP loan by not ...

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Lonnie Smith-Matthews pleaded guilty to financial frauds including PPP loan deception and stealing a U.S. Treasury tax refund ...

Officials still cannot say exactly how many billions of dollars in Paycheck Protection Program loans fraudsters made off with in the past couple of years, but they know it is a lot. Reports and ...

The sentence comes after Mehlbaurer pleaded guilty on Sept. 24, 2025, to wire fraud and money laundering. Lopez was sentenced to time served. According to court documents, Mehlbauer and Lopez ...

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 ...

Westmoor Country Club will pay $1.25 million to the government to settle claims it improperly obtained a loan through the ...

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As a key pandemic-aid program pushed money out faster to bigger companies and majority white areas than to small firms and communities of color, the U.S. Small Business Administration made repeated ...

The Biden administration just made it easier for very small businesses and self-employed workers to get more money in less time. Paycheck Protection Program loan portal opens to larger lenders soon: ...