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The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday announced its COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force seized more than $1.4 billion in stolen COVID-19 relief funds.

(The Center Square) – The federal officials tasked with tracking down widespread fraud during and after the COVID-19 pandemic want more time and more money to finish the job.

(The Center Square) – The federal officials tasked with tracking down widespread fraud during and after the COVID-19 pandemic want more time and more money to finish the job.

LINCOLN — A federal judge has ordered an Omaha man to pay $196,029 in restitution after he and an associate fraudulently inflated revenue and salary claims to obtain COVID-19 relief.

A former Cedar Rapids, Iowa, resident who helped other individuals procure more than 30 false and fraudulent COVID-19 pandemic loans, valued at more than

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it initiated a record-high 500 new False Claims Act (FCA) cases in Fiscal Year 2023. The government and whistleblowers (qui tam...

Press Release- A federal jury in Atlanta convicted a Georgia man and woman yesterday for their roles in an over $11 million Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) fraud scheme. Teldrin Foster, 42, of Decatur, was convicted

Victims of the scam received documentation claiming they are under arrest for PPP fraud and need to send cryptocurrency payments to resolve it, authorities said.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Christopher Ward, aka “Reek,” 45, of Troy, recently pleaded guilty  to conspiring to defraud the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) by obtaining unemployment insurance benefits under the name of another person, including benefits funded by the federal government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement was made through a […]

The U.S. Attorney’s office successfully prosecuted two separate fraud cases that involved federal funding meant to help businesses survive the pandemic.