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IT Group Agrees to Repay $7 Million in CARES Act Funding
A civil settlement was unsealed showing that a group of IT companies agreed to pay $7 million after receiving funding from the CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program for which they were ineligible, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
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Bourbonnais Woman Sentenced to One Year In Prison for Pandemic-Related Fraud
URBANA, Ill. – A Bourbonnais, Illinois, woman, Octavia Renee Murphy, 37, of the 700 block of Double Jack Street, was sentenced on May 19, 2026, to one year in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering.
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Apopka Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for COVID-19 Fraud
Orlando, FL – Emmet Bowens (57, Apopka) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dalton to 63 months in federal prison for wire fraud and money laundering. As part of his sentence, the court also entered an order of forfeiture in the amount of $739,582, the proceeds of the offenses. Bowens pleaded guilty on January 26, 2026.
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Marrero Woman Guilty of Tax Fraud and PPP Fraud
NEW ORLEANS - On April 21, 2026, AMANDA WILKERSON (“WILKERSON”), age 57, a resident of Marrero, Louisiana, pled guilty to a Bill of Information charging her with one count of failure to pay over payroll/trust fund taxes, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7202, one count of failure to file her individual income tax return, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7203, and one count of providing false statements on a government Cares Act Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan application, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001, announced U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle.
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RelyOn Nutec Agrees to Pay $2.3 Million to Resolve Allegations of PPP Loan Fraud
BOSTON – RelyOn Nutec USA LLC (RelyOn), a company headquartered in Houma, La., has agreed to pay $2,389,213 to resolve allegations that it fraudulently obtained a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan for which it was ineligible.
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The Buffalo Club agrees to pay $1.5 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations related to Paycheck Protection Program loan eligibility
The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that The Buffalo Club has agreed to pay $1,500,000 to resolve allegations that it improperly obtained a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), which it was not eligible to receive.
Department of Justice
Little Rock Woman Sentenced to Two Years in Federal Prison for COVID Relief Fraud
Chandler Carroll will spend 24 months in federal prison after admitting to fraudulently obtaining nearly $2.1 million in federal loans designed to assist businesses during the COVID pandemic.