About 400 government employees investigated by the state of Illinois improperly tapped a federal pandemic relief fund program meant to keep small businesses afloat — part of a nationwide wave of ...

A Veterans Affairs nursing assistant from Brockton pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to fraudulently obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program loan for more than $20,000. Wigenie Francois, 44, ...

Dec. 16 (UPI) --Three Chinese-owned companies agreed to pay $7.3 million to resolve allegations they submitted false claims to secure loans under a COVID-19-era program to help pay employees, the ...

Under the Trump administration, hundreds of thousands of student loan borrowers remain stuck in a backlog of applications for an affordable repayment plan or debt forgiveness, a new court filing shows ...

The U.S. Department of Education plans to end a student loan debt forgiveness program used by millions of Americans. The feds said Dec. 9 that they had reached a proposed court settlement to kill the ...

The Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., March 24, 2025. Editorial Fellow Millions of student loan borrowers whose monthly payments were reduced to as low as $0 under a forgiveness ...

Allegations of fraud came to light through a previously sealed lawsuit brought by two whistleblowers. The whistleblowers will receive a combined 15% of the settlement amount, the U.S. Attorney’s ...

The Trump administration announced that it has reached an agreement with several Republican-led states to end former President Biden’s student loan repayment program. The program, called SAVE, which ...

ALGONA, Iowa (KUOO) - A former sergeant in the Cuban military who obtained fraudulent checks through the Paycheck Protection Program was sentenced to four years in federal prison. KUOO Radio is ...

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (ABC4) — A Taylorsville man was sentenced today after defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) out of over $400,000. 57-year-old Troy Campbell was sentenced today to 18 ...

A co-founder of the lender service company Blueacorn was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for a $63 million PPP loan fraud scheme. Stephanie Hockridge, 42, was convicted of conspiracy to commit ...