In March 2020, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to provide emergency financial assistance during the pandemic. The CARES Act included funding in the form ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — Ten Mid-South business owners and pastors were indicted Tuesday for their roles in COVID-19 relief fraud schemes, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Court documents ...

A New Jersey man who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering was sentenced to 33 months in prison for his role in fraudulently obtaining Paycheck Protection Program ...

WATERVLIET, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A Watervliet woman has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for her submission of a fraudulent Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) application to the U.S. Small Business ...

A Gaithersburg accountant was sentenced to three years in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud targeting financial institutions, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of Maryland ...

MIAMI, Fla. (CBS12) — A Miami-Dade Police officer pleaded guilty a COVID-19 relief fraud scheme. The U.S. Attorney's Office said 43-year-old Samuel Harris pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection ...

The EIDL program's closure threw many business owners for a loop, but the SBA has confirmed there are no remaining outstanding applications for the program. Here's what that means for businesses. The ...

A Miami man had a ticket to ride an international flight, and federal prosecutors cared because they say they have the receipts on a COVID-19 relief fraud. The FBI arrested Emmanuel Bully Jr., 44, ...

MIAMI — A former sergeant with the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department (MDCRD), was sentenced on Friday to 18 months in prison for COVID-19 relief fraud and will also have to pay more ...

Arashio Harris, 48, who was a Corrections Sergeant with the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department (“MDCRD”), has pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with his fraudulent ...

MIAMI, Fla. (CBS12) — A formerMiami-Dade corrections sergeant plead guilty to COVID-19 wire fraud in front of a U.S. District Judge. The U.S. Attorney's Office Southern District of Florida ...