A Columbia businessman is suing Regions Bank in connection with previous COVID-19 era loans. Greg DeLine filed a lawsuit in ...

Former Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva is expected to formally admit guilt in a COVID-era loan case, with a change-of-plea ...

A Robeson County man Phillip Collins, 47, stole from the Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) by submitting false ...

A North Carolina man has pleaded guilty after federal prosecutors said he obtained more than $170,000 from COVID-era business ...

Anthony Silva, who served as mayor of Stockton from 2013 to 2017, postponed a hearing to change his plea in a COVID-era fraud ...

A Pembroke man pleaded guilty to stealing from the Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) by submitting false loan applications ...

Sentenced to eight years in prison, Amanda Gloria of Oklahoma received the longest prison term of anyone convicted of ...

Fireside was first indicted on charges of identity theft and forgery soon after winning a seat on the county board in 2024, ...

The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) provided small businesses with roughly $800 billion dollars in uncollateralized, low-interest loans during the pandemic, almost all of which will be forgiven.

Key Takeaways People who scammed the pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program and other relief programs used the cash to bid up the price of homes, cars, and other goods, new research finds.Home ...

Was the $278 billion reboot of the $800 billion Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) in early 2021 disbursed equitably to minority communities? This paper provides the first analysis of how PPP funds ...

On June 1, 2026, Schappert pleaded guilty to making false statements on a loan application and a false declaration during ...