Paycheck Protection Program

Yasir G. Hamed, a 59-year-old accountant from Woodbridge, Connecticut, has been charged with defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of more than $700,000. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District …

RALEIGH, NC – Earl Lamont Taylor, a 52-year-old business owner from Raleigh, has pleaded guilty to bank fraud and wire fraud in connection with a fraudulent scheme that secured nearly …

An indictment unsealed Thursday charges Nathan Reis, 45, and Stephanie Hockridge, 41, with orchestrating a conspiracy to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 relief funds through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The two, …

INDIAN TRAIL, NC (U.S. Attorney’s Office) — Roger Trent Melchor, 56, of Indian Trail, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to wire fraud for fraudulently obtaining $32,000 in COVID-19 disaster relief loans. …

WHEATLAND, Calif. (U.S. Attorney’s Office) — Jason Toland, 44, of Wheatland, has been sentenced to two years and 11 months in prison for attempting to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 relief funds. …

Miami, FL — Lazaro Verdecia Hernandez, 37, and Yadier Rodriguez Arteaga, 41, both from Miami, Florida, were convicted by a federal jury on November 8 for their roles in a …

Irfan Gill, a Portage man involved in an international telemarketing scam, has been sentenced to eight years in prison following his convictions for mail fraud and money laundering. Gill was …

FRESNO, CA – Henry Ellard Jr., 39, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to fraudulently obtaining $144,000 in COVID-19 relief funds from the Small Business Administration (SBA), the U.S. Attorney’s Office …

By Jay Weaver Eric Sheppard, the first South Florida real estate developer to be charged with COVID-19 relief loan fraud, was sentenced on Friday, June 7, 2024, to 18 months …

By Jay Weaver Alexandra Acosta, a 38-year-old deputy with the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO), was sentenced on Tuesday to four months in prison after a Miami federal jury convicted her …