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 ...

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

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 business headquartered in Belville has agreed to pay nearly $1.5 million in restitution and penalties as part of a criminal ...

A Leland-based furniture supplier has agreed to pay nearly $1.5 million following a COVID-19 loan scheme, according to a news ...

In an agreement to resolve False Claims Act allegations, Herb Chambers, several of his companies, and an officer of one of ...

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 ...

A Leland-based furniture company has agreed to pay nearly $1.5 million in restitution and penalties for fraudulently ...

Longtime car dealership owner Herbert G. Chambers, several of his companies and another executive at the company have agreed ...

Private investigators from Florida alleged that the company had too many employees to qualify for a small-business loan it ...

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