THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM SUPPORTED A LOT OF BUSINESSES THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, BUT OFFICIALS SAY SOME EXPLOITED THAT LOAN PROGRAM. KCCI CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER SUZANNE BEHNKE REPORTS ON A ...

NEW YORK — A veteran NYPD detective admitted Wednesday he ran a $1 million COVID fraud scheme that helped more than 65 people illegally apply for small-business pandemic relief funds. Detective John ...

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Wright is charged with wire fraud under federal law, a statute that carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. The ...

Erie Aaron B. Collins, 50, has been indicted on federal charges that he misused over $633,000 in pandemic-era business loans. Collins is accused of using Paycheck Protection Program funds for personal ...

LaFontaine Automotive Group’s management company will pay $1.5 million to settle allegations it fraudulently obtained a federal Paycheck Protection Program loan during the COVID-19 pandemic. The U.S.

Small businesses in the Hudson Valley are applying to the federal Paycheck Protection Program in an effort to stay afloat during the coronavirus outbreak. Congress passed the $350 billion forgivable ...

Federal officials last year sentenced a Des Moines man to more than five years in prison. Bryan David Sampica pleaded guilty to charges of money laundering and wire fraud through the federal Paycheck ...