FRESNO, CA – A local business owner who exploited federal COVID-19 relief programs to purchase real estate has been sentenced to over a year in federal prison. On March 25, U.S. District Judge ...

FIRST ON FOX: A man who used government loans meant to provide financial relief to small businesses pleaded guilty to defrauding taxpayers of more than $1 million for a company he claimed operated an ...

FIRST ON FOX: The U.S. Small Business Administration referred 562,000 suspected fraudulent loans totaling over $22.2 billion to the U.S. Department of Treasury for collections. "From Day One, the ...

WASHINGTON, April 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, in coordination with the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that it has referred ...

New student-loan borrowing caps on advanced degrees will go into effect in July. College Ave, a private lender, announced a new STEM loan for graduate students to fill the federal gap. More federal ...

An Upstate New York club will pay $1.5 million to settle allegations that it obtained federal pandemic relief funds despite being ineligible for the program, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced ...

Spring is in the air! The tulips are blooming, college acceptance letters are zooming into email inboxes, and the majority of parents with college-bound students are panicking about paying for their ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Club has agreed to pay $1,500,000 to resolve allegations that it illegally received emergency financial assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the US ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville real estate broker who is accused of orchestrating a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of nearly $6 million now faces federal charges of wire fraud, related to ...

SCOTT COUNTY, Tenn. — A Scott County company will pay $2.5 million after allegations it violated the False Claims Act by applying for, receiving and obtaining loan forgiveness under the Paycheck ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that an East Tennessee company will pay $2.5 million to settle a lawsuit alleging it obtained a COVID-era federal loan that ...

A North Carolina man filed a lawsuit against a Cincinnati-based company alleging the company falsely claimed it was eligible for COVID-19-era federal loans. The U.S. Government joined the lawsuit ...