CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A Cedar Rapids man, Don Edward Williams, Jr., has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for ...

As of May 2024, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) had flagged nearly 38,000 already-forgiven Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans ...

The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) offers several loan programs to support small businesses, including emergency relief loans and traditional financing options. If you’re looking ...

Retiring Inspector General Deborah Witzburg reported the new round of fraud in what will be her final quarterly report. Her successor will inherit 80 more cases still in the pipeline.

The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was created at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to provide financial aid for small ...

Prosecutors say Damaris Beltre used pandemic-era loan money to buy a house in the Dominican Republic, a car and jewelry.

The U.S. Attorney's Office of New Jersey has announce the indictment of a former NJ couple involved in a COVID-19 fraud scheme that netted more than $700,000.

A rehab center and its owner were ordered to pay over $1.5m for violating the False Claims Act with PPP loans.

IRVINE, Calif. (KABC) -- An Irvine man allegedly obtained about $5 million in federal coronavirus-relief loans for his fake businesses and then spent the funds on himself, including buying Ferrari, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- In Illinois, nearly 70,000 small business owners got loans from the federal government before Payroll Protection Program funds were exhausted, and some are now wondering how those ...

A health and wellness company owned by Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Tom Brady received a government loan of just under $1 million as part of a program meant to aid small businesses amid the COVID-19 ...