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Automated Controls Should Ensure Compliance with Criteria

The Office of Inspector General is issuing this management advisory to present the results of our review of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) incomplete reviews of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and grants disbursed to borrowers who self-disclosed their business establishment dates after January 31, 2020. SBA asserted that the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act requirement for a business to be in operation on or before January 31, 2020, applied only to COVID-19 EIDLs, not Emergency EIDL Advances. The Office of...

Public Servants Sentenced for COVID-19 Relief Fraud

Angelo Stephen, 33, a former Federal Bureau of Prisons Correctional Officer, and George Arestuche, 47, a former Miami-Dade County Aviation Department employee, were sentenced in separate cases after pleading guilty to defrauding COVID-19 relief programs.

Raleigh County Man Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme

Bluefield Woman Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme

Bergen County Man Sentenced to Twenty Months in Prison for COVID-19 Fraud

A New Jersey man was sentenced to 20 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining approximately $149,900 in federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans (“EIDL”) loans.

Illinois man charged with COVID fraud

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Joseph Giannini, 54, of Chicago, IL, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Two People Sentenced for Stealing Nearly $300,000 in COVID-19 Relief Money

COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan Servicing Capability

The Office of Inspector General is issuing this management advisory to gain an understanding of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) servicing processes and determine its capability to service more than 2 million COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL). We found the COVID-19 EIDL Servicing Center (CESC) demonstrated that it was capable of servicing over 2 million COVID EIDLs during the period of our review. The CESC appeared to be adequately staffed as evidenced by its ability to complete over 23,500 servicing actions per month with an...

14 Arrested on Complaints Alleging More Than $25 Million in COVID-19 Relief and Small Business Loans Were Fraudulently Obtained

Fourteen defendants – including San Fernando Valley and Glendale residents – were arrested on two federal criminal complaints alleging they fraudulently obtained more than $25 million in taxpayer-funded COVID-19 relief funds and federally-guaranteed small business loans.