Prosecutors say the settlement resolves serious allegations under the False Claims Act. Here's how much they'll pay.

Two New York-based transportation companies have agreed to pay $4.4 million to settle allegations they improperly obtained federal COVID relief loans meant for small businesses. 3rd Avenue Transit, ...

Disgraced ex-TV anchor Stephanie Hockridge will spend the next 10 years behind bars for her role in a multimillion-dollar ...

Hockridge, who worked as an ABC15 news anchor from 2011 to 2018, was acquitted of four counts of wire fraud but convicted of ...

A former Phoenix news anchor has been sentenced to 10 years for taking part in a COVID-19-era loan fraud scheme alongside her ...

Blueacorn co-founder Stephanie Hockridge receives a 10-year sentence for her role in a $63 million PPP loan fraud scheme.

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Federal prosecutors announced the arrest of Araceli Benitez, 46, for alleged Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) fraud. Court documents state that Benitez allegedly submitted ...

Since 2020, criminal PPP fraud has dominated COVID-19 fraud enforcement headlines, and 2024 was no different. Criminal fraud schemes have concerned common fact patterns involving fraudsters who (i) ...

A Jacksonville woman was sentenced to three years in prison for credit scheme and COVID relief fraud, where she illegally obtained and spent a PPP loan.

Fraud in the Paycheck Protection Program, which gave potentially forgivable loans to small businesses during the pandemic, was largely due to... A congressional report says financial technology ...

One of the founders of Blueacorn — a fintech developed during the heyday of the pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program — was found guilty by a federal jury of conspiring to fraudulently obtain tens ...