Raisha Kelly of Loxahatchee also will be on the hook for nearly $500,000 in restitution once her prison term ends, according to federal prosecutors.

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 ...

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 ...

A man from Carlisle was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury after being accused of submitting fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications on behalf of multiple companies he ...

Mark Crosby, 43, pleaded guilty Thursday to wire fraud tied to two Paycheck Protection Program loans.

The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has intensified civil fraud investigations aimed at borrowers who obtained Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loans despite falling outside the class ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City-area woman pleaded guilty to charges connected to loan fraud with the federal Payroll Protection Program intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic ...

CBS News: Richard K. Gordon, director of the Financial Integrity Institute and professor of law, explained that the Payroll Protection Program application process itself created the opportunity for ...