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 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 ...

In 2021, Sgt. Brandi Wright filed applications for two loans for a bakery that didn't exist, prosecutors say. The Paycheck ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A scam alert for small business owners. This scam targets business owners who got financial relief from the Paycheck Protection Program during COVID-19. The PPP loans didn't ...

A California nursing home chain must pay $18 million for allegedly submitting false information on Paycheck Protection Program loan applications and loan forgiveness applications, despite being ...

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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 ...

I’M STEVEN GRAVES WITH YOUR NEWS TO GO. A WOMAN IS UNDER INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW AFTER MARTIN COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY SHE CONFESSED TO SHOOTING A MAN TO DEATH IN STUART. THE TIP CAME FROM ANOTHER MAN WHO ...

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin defended his department’s decision to only release a partial list of the Paycheck Protection Program’s loan recipients, but said Congress could obtain additional ...

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (ABC4) — A Taylorsville man was sentenced today after defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) out of over $400,000. 57-year-old Troy Campbell was sentenced today to 18 ...

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...