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 ...

Seven Las Vegas men have been arrested in connection with fraudulent COVID-19 relief loan applications that took a resulted ...

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: A bipartisan group of Democrat and Republican members of Congress as they announce a proposal for a Covid-19 relief bill on Capitol Hill on December 01, 2020 in ...

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 ...

A co-founder of a lender service provider was sentenced to 10 years in prison for defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program by $63 million. Court documents say that Stephanie Hockridge, also known as ...

A former NYPD detective living in Valley Stream was sentenced to up to 48 months in federal prison on Wednesday, June 3, for wire fraud conspiracy in ...

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 ...

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A Faulkner County woman who admitted to defrauding two lenders out of more than $40,000 in Paycheck Protection Plan money during the covid-19 pandemic was sentenced to serve three years' probation -- ...

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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 ...

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 ...