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 ...

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 ...

New year; new PPP. In the waning days of 2020 (Sunday, December 27, to be exact), President Trump signed HR 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, a combination COVID-19 stimulus/relief and ...

Four non-profit organizations have agreed to pay over $3 million to settle allegations of improperly obtaining Paycheck ...

The latest turn in a federal fraud investigation in Minnesota involves COVID-era loan programs through the Small Business ...

A Los Angeles man was arrested Thursday and charged with fraudulently seeking more than $8 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans. LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A Los Angeles man was arrested today and ...

WASHINGTON - A loan program meant to help small businesses stay afloat and pay their employees has returned five months after its first two rounds of funding ended. The U.S. Small Business ...

Without naming individuals, the report listed more than 100 state employees who received more than $2.8 million in PPP loans.

A federal judge will give former Phoenix news anchor Stephanie Hockridge an extra month before she must report to prison in ...

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 ...

A Tooele woman was sentenced last week to more than a year in prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $177,000 in small ...

Millions of small business owners will be turning to the government, seeking help for an individual and nationwide cataclysm, the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The ...