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The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced that more than fifty people have been criminally charged with fraudulently obtaining loans from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

DES MOINES, Iowa –An Urbandale man was sentenced on October 1, 2026 to 24 months in federal prison for making false statements on a Small Business Administration (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan application and false declarations during subsequent bankruptcy proceedings.

ROANOKE, Va. – A Roanoke, Virginia woman, who allegedly obtained money from two separate COVID-19-era government programs and then lied on her taxes, was arraigned yesterday in federal court. Jazmin Jennings, 38, was indicted September 3, 2026 on six charges of making false tax returns and fraudulently obtaining money from two separate COVID-19-era government programs.

Alyshia Smith, 33, of Kansas City, and Michelle Green, 36, of Grandview, Mo., have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their receipt of fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans issued under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

BOSTON – Trax Retail, Inc. (Trax) has agreed to pay approximately $3 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that the company falsely certified to the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) its eligibility for a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan.

Attallah Williams, a former U.S. Small Business Administration and Internal Revenue Service employee, has been sentenced to federal prison for taking bribes to submit and approve more than $3.5 million in fraudulent pandemic relief payments.

Norman Dixson, a convicted drug dealer who fraudulently obtained federal pandemic relief money to fund his lifestyle, was sentenced to two years in federal prison for promoting dogfighting.

A South Carolina corporation entered into a settlement agreement with the United States resolving allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act by applying for and receiving a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan for which the company was not eligible.

Baltimore, Maryland – A federal judge sentenced a Baltimore County man for bribing a Baltimore City official. U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced James Carroll Erny, Jr., 55, of Glen Arm, Maryland, to 13 months in prison, followed by eight months of home confinement, for bribery.