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Department of Justice
CFO, Controller, Corporate Officers Charged in $53 Million Fraud Scheme Involving Pandemic Relief
Fourteen people who allegedly bilked the Paycheck Protection Program and numerous financial institutions out of more than $53 million in loan proceeds have been federally charged.
Department of Justice
Gatlinburg Woman Sentenced To 27 Months In Prison For Defrauding COVID-19 Economic Relief Program
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On June 28, 2023, Sarrah Denton Willhite, 35, of Gatlinburg Tennessee was sentenced to 27 months in prison by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, United
Oklahoma Office of the State Auditor and Inspector
State of Oklahoma Single Audit Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2021
In the State of Oklahoma Single Audit Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, the Oklahoma State Auditor concluded that Oklahoma has systemic issues regarding management and oversight of federal funds provided to the state. These issues resulted in, among other things, the Oklahoma State Auditor questioning $12.2 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act spending, $1.6 million in Emergency Rental Assistance spending, and $8.3 million in Governor's Emergency Education Relief Fund spending.
Department of Justice
Gloucester City Business Owner Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Payroll Tax Fraud and Pandemic Loan Fraud
CAMDEN, N.J. – The owner of a business in Gloucester City, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for failing to pay over payroll taxes to the IRS, failing to file personal income tax returns, and fraudulently obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program loan.
Department of Justice
Think Tank Agrees to Pay More Than $500,000 to Resolve Allegations That It Falsely Certified Its Eligibility to Receive PPP Loan
BOSTON – The U.S. Attorney’s Office has reached a $501,161 settlement with the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), a nonprofit headquartered in Washington, D.C., to resolve allegations that IPS falsely certified that it was eligible to receive a Second Draw Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan from the Small Business Administration (SBA). As part of the settlement, IPS admits that it certified to the SBA that it was not a think tank primarily engaged in political or lobbying activities, when it had publicly stated otherwise.
Department of the Treasury OIG
Desk Review of New York City’s Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Proceeds
Small Business Administration OIG
COVID-19 Pandemic EIDL and PPP Loan Fraud Landscape
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted this review to provide a comprehensive estimate of the potential fraud in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) pandemic assistance loan programs. Over the course of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, SBA disbursed approximately $1.2 trillion of COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds.In the rush to swiftly disburse COVID-19 EIDL and PPP funds, SBA calibrated its internal controls. The agency weakened or removed the controls...
Department of Labor OIG
COVID-19: Impact of Waivers on UI Overpayments, Fraud Investigations, and Recoveries
On February 7, 2022, DOL issued Unemployment Insurance Program Letter 20-21, Change 1, regarding states’ ability to waive the recovery of certain UI overpayments under the CARES Act program. There are concerns these waivers could adversely impact the pursuit of fraud in the UI program. Also, the waivers could potentially allow for fraudulent CARES Act UI payments to go unrecovered. This audit will determine the impact of waivers on UI overpayments, fraud investigations, and recoveries.
Department of Justice
Baltimore Man Sentenced to 14 Months in Federal Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining More Than $1.2 Million in COVID-19 CARES Act Loans
Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Alexander Barabash, age 52, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 14 months in federal prison, followed by six months of home detention as part of three years of supervised release, for wire fraud relating to the submission of fraudulent Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act loan applications. The CARES Act was enacted in March 2020 to provide emergency financial assistance to Americans suffering from the economic effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.