Online lenders and lending marketplaces provide new alternatives for small-business funding.

The U.S. SBA offers many loan programs to help small businesses. Learn the basics about PPP, EIDL and 7(a) loans and which of ...

Four Ohioans face charges for allegedly defrauding COVID-19 relief programs of $1.4 million. The defendants are accused of submitting false Paycheck Protection Program applications and using the funds ...

A former NYPD homicide detective will spend four years in federal prison for scheming to defraud the federal government out of millions in small-business COVID relief funds. Detective John Bolden, 47, ...

The Paycheck Protection Program provided nearly $387 million in loans to businesses and nonprofits in Shasta County. The health care and social services sectors received the most loans and the largest ...

Millions of COVID-relief loans kept businesses afloat. Now, a fraction of borrowers are under scrutiny as federal agencies ramp up efforts to recover funds or prosecute suspected fraud. But ...

A West Bloomfield man was arrested April 9 on federal charges of fraud and money laundering, as announced by the Department of Justice’s U.S. Attorney’s Office -Eastern District of Michigan. Randon ...

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The federal Small Business Administration suspended more than 111,000 California borrowers after uncovering $8.6 billion in suspected fraudulent activity linked to the COVID pandemic, SBA ...

The federal Small Business Administration suspended more than 111,000 California borrowers after uncovering $8.6 billion in suspected fraudulent activity linked to the COVID pandemic, SBA ...

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