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 ...

Michigan Auto Empire to Pay $1.5M After Allegedly Hiding Employees in PPP Case ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 30-year-old Jacksonville woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday to several charges including wire fraud involving the COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), according to the ...

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 ...

Video above: The latest news and weather headlinesA corrections officer from Belle Glade is facing a fraud charge.Tremaine R. Carrigan Jr. was arrested Monday and charged with organized scheme to ...

Gurjeet Bath received a 14-month prison sentence for defrauding the federal government out of hundreds of thousands of ...

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 ...

As much as 10% pandemic relief funds may have been lost to fraud and waste.

As the federal government prepares to launch a $349 billion loan program meant to help small businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic, critics have growing concerns that some mom-and-pop shops ...

A suburban Chicago man is heading to prison after prosecutors say he stole millions in COVID relief funds and bought several ...

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 ...