Millions of small business owners will be turning to the government, seeking help for an individual and nationwide cataclysm, the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The ...

Regions Bank has agreed to pay a $4.9 million settlement to the Department of Justice in a case involving a COVID-19 relief ...

Five companies have agreed to pay a combined $7.9 million to settle allegations they fraudulently obtained PPP loans during ...

Regions Financial will pay nearly $5 million to settle allegations that it improperly approved forgiveness of a pandemic relief loan that was ineligible for the Small Business Administration's ...

One of the founders of the lender service provider Blueacorn has entered a guilty plea in a scheme intended to fraudulently obtain COVID relief money through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). A ...

Regions Bank agreed to pay $4.9 million to resolve DOJ allegations over approval of an ineligible PPP loan forgiveness request.

Signed into law in March 2020, the federal Paycheck Protection Program had major reach in Shasta County. The program created as part of the CARES Act provided forgivable, low-interest loans to help ...