The U.S. SBA offers many loan programs to help small businesses. Learn the basics about PPP, EIDL and 7(a) loans and which of ...

CLAUDIA IS TRAINING for a career in biotech, so it’s no surprise that she keeps meticulous records on her own immigration case and has the application process down to a science. Every two years, she ...

Amber Barkley is a writer and editor with over 10 years of experience in topics ranging from personal finance to marketing analytics to fiction. She found her niche in personal finance in 2022, when ...

A Southfield couple has admitted to defrauding the federal government of $1.2 million through a Paycheck Protection Program scheme that involved submitting false loan applications with fictitious ...

A Michigan couple has pleaded guilty to taking over $1 million from a pandemic relief program meant to help struggling businesses. The couple allegedly fabricated documents to pocket the money, ...

Local News Retired Mass. State Police sergeant pleads guilty in PPP fraud scheme Prosecutors say Damian Halfkenny, 54, of Boston, submitted false payroll information to get a COVID-19-era Paycheck ...

Billionaire brothers Tommy and Jim Duff are being sued by California lawyers over COVID-era loans. The lawsuit alleges the brothers improperly received over $6.7 million from the Paycheck Protection ...

A federal judge has revoked the citizenship of a South Florida man convicted of stealing millions from a federal COVID-19 loan program and lying about the theft on his naturalization form. Joff Stenn ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Lea Uradu, J.D., is a Maryland state registered tax preparer, state-certified notary public, ...

A Kansas City man has pleaded guilty in federal court to fraudulently obtaining nearly half a million dollars in COVID-19 relief funds through the Paycheck Protection Program. Lorenzo Boles, 56, ...

The Maine Tax Portal at: revenue.maine.gov; Modernized e-File (MeF) – using a participating tax professional, purchase tax preparation software, or visit a ...

Tony Herbert, an aide in former New York City Mayor Eric Adams' administration, was arrested Tuesday morning, accused of accepting $16,000 in bribes and kickbacks. Herbert, 61, appeared before a judge ...