CSG admitted as part of the settlement it fraudulently increased its payroll in order to meet eligibility requirements for ...

Acting U.S. Attorney Justin Whatcott announced Miguel Vittorio, Yessenia Casillas and Luis Vasquez pleaded guilty to bank ...

Efforts to defraud the program were substantial. According to the Inspector General’s 2022 report, at least 70,000 PPP loans were potentially fraudulent. [1] The Small Business Administration recently ...

Campbell Sales Group, which does business as Leather Italia USA, has agreed to pay $1,499,164 in restitution and penalties in connection with a Paycheck Protection Program loan scheme. The company has ...

Many of the workers admitted they paid kickbacks to others to fill out phony applications to get loans through the Paycheck Protection Program, which was intended to help businesses struggling during ...

A Leland-based furniture company has agreed to pay nearly $1.5 million in restitution and penalties for fraudulently obtaining and seeking forgiveness for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, ...

Daniel Dadoun, 48, a former South Plainfield resident who now lives in Israel, pleaded guilty to the federal charges of bank fraud and money laundering, the U.S. Attorney’s Office District of New ...

In October 2020, Campbell Sales Group included the fraudulently inflated wages in a payroll cost figure on a PPP loan forgiveness application. The company provided false supporting documentation ...

A Jacksonville man has pleaded guilty to wire fraud involving COVID relief funds through the Paycheck Protection Program.