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John Gotti's grandson stole $1.1M in COVID relief, funneled $420K into crypto, and got 15 months in prison. Prosecutors wanted three years. Here's why that matters.

Four defendants sentenced to federal prison for a massive $11.5M PPP and EIDL fraud involving 120 pandemic loans. Get the full case breakdown and analysis.

The SBA suspended over 111,000 California borrowers tied to suspected PPP and EIDL fraud. Here’s what the agency claims and how it compares to documented federal enforcement.

Funder Intel's DOJ Fraud Tracker: A New Jersey couple faces federal charges for allegedly using fake businesses and falsified tax documents to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 relief funds.

The Department of Justice announced last week that three women, including former SBA Loan Officer Rena Barrett, have pleaded guilty in separate COVID-19 relief fraud schemes that have become all too familiar at this point. These cases, prosecuted in the Northern District of Georgia, demonstrate both the scale of pandemic-era fraud and the government’s ongoing push to hold offenders accountable.

In one of the more notable COVID-relief fraud cases to hit the lending industry, a California business loan broker has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for orchestrating a scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program.

Smallwood, who was part of the Eagles' Super Bowl-winning team, is accused of submitting fraudulent applications to both the Economic...

The Small Business Administration's (SBA) disaster loan program has officially exhausted its funds, leaving many Americans in a precarious..

Now here we are over 2 and a half years after the program rolled out and tens of billions are assumed as fraud with much of it likely never