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A former Merrill Lynch advisor has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $2.7 million dollars from investors and scamming the government’s pandemic program out of nearly $4.8 million. Jared Dean Eakes, ...

BELLWOOD, Ill. — A former Illinois Tollway employee has been ordered to pay nearly $50,000 in restitution for stealing thousands of dollars in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans during the ...

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The founders of a financial technology firm that arranged pandemic relief loans for thousands of small businesses nationwide — including more than 3,200 on Long Island — are each facing up to 20 years ...

Former Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva is facing federal bank fraud and identity theft charges related to a $17,000 PPP loan. Silva allegedly misrepresented his business ownership to obtain the loan, ...

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Atlanta said 49-year-old Carl Delano Torjagbo was convicted of several crimes after obtaining a fraudulent $9.6 million PPP loan and filing fraudulent tax returns that ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Charleston woman has pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting monetary laundering in relation to COVID-19 relief funds. Court documents show that Shamiese Wright, 32, received ...

BATTLE CREEK, MI — A Michigan company received COVID funding it was ineligible to get because of its size, according to federal prosecutors, resulting in an investigation and a hefty payment to ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A former Social Security Administration employee in Kansas City was arrested Wednesday following an indictment by a federal grand jury charging her with defrauding the United States ...

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