A Greer man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for a scheme that defrauded the federal government out of $1.8 million in funds meant to keep businesses afloat during the height of the ...

Jaimeka Michelle Austin, 32, pleaded guilty in 2025 to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of money laundering.

The two allegedly submitted false loan applications to Paycheck Protection Program lenders using inactive businesses and ...

A Roanoke woman will spend eight years behind bars in federal prisoN.

A former Robeson County Sheriff’s deputy, his wife, and two adult sons pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud on Thursday after they engaged in a scheme to defraud the Small Business ...

An Illinois tax preparer who helped run a “staggering” $14 million COVID scam used the money to build a mansion for a wife and kids he had in the Palestinian territories — infuriating his other wife ...

A Kansas City woman plead guilty in federal court to fraudulently receiving two Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, ...

Federal prosecutors claim that Carl Delano Torjagbo siphoned millions in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds and filed fraudulent tax returns to generate false tax refunds. On January 27, 2026, ...

Authorities say the man applied for two PPP loans in 2021 for a fake company and got nearly $2 million for 100 employees for ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A local business owner had been indicted in federal court for allegedly obtaining $316,062 through fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans in 2021 and laundering more ...