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Pandemic Response Oversight

Learn about OIG’s oversight of SBA’s programs and operations that are intended to mitigate the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Legislation

Oversight plan

This supplemental oversight plan outlines OIG's audit and review priorities in response to the impact of COVID-19 on SBA operations and our increased oversight responsibilities related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. (Note: New statutory mandates, Congressional requests, Hotline complaints, or SBA requests could result in changes to this plan.)

Audits division oversight plans

Ongoing work

Scam and fraud alerts

OIG recognizes that we are facing unprecedented times and is alerting the public about potential fraud schemes related to economic stimulus programs offered by the U.S. Small Business Administration in response to the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19). The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), the largest financial assistance bill to date, includes provisions to help small businesses. Fraudsters have already begun targeting small business owners during these economically difficult times. Be on the lookout for grant fraud, loan fraud, and phishing.

Learn about potential fraud schemes and scams.

Pandemic Response Accountability Committee

The CARES Act creates the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) composed of federal Offices of Inspector General to "promote transparency and conduct and support oversight of covered funds and the Coronavirus response to (1) prevent and detect fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement; and (2) mitigate major risks that cut across program and agency boundaries." Rather than a stand-alone organization, the PRAC is a Committee of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), an independent entity established within the executive branch by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, that includes the 75 statutorily created federal Inspectors General with a mission to address integrity, economy, and effectiveness issues that transcend individual government agencies.

Inspector General Hannibal "Mike" Ware is a statutory member of the PRAC. Learn about the PRAC at https://pandemic.oversight.gov/.

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On June 17, 2020, the PRAC published its report on the Top Challenges Facing Federal Agencies Related to COVID-19 Emergency Relief and Response Efforts.  Thirty-seven Inspectors General reported on the top pandemic-related challenges in their agencies. Read about the top challenges facing SBA within this report.

Reports

Date issued Report number Title
September 24, 2024 24-25 SBA’s Oversight of the Community Navigator Pilot Program Performance
August 6, 2024 24-22 SBA’s Processing of COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan Reconsideration Requests
July 10, 2024 24-21 Improvements Needed in SBA’s Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Post-Award Review Process
July 9, 2024 24-20 SBA’s Guaranty Purchases for Paycheck Protection Program Loans
June 4, 2024 24-18 Evaluation of COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan Applicants on the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Do Not Pay List
May 21, 2024 24-17 7(a) Loan Approval for Borrowers with Unresolved COVID-19 Pandemic Loan Compliance Issues
April 24, 2024 24-15 SBA’s Handling of Returned COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan Funds and De-Obligations of Approved Loans
March 26, 2024 24-09 SBA’s Restaurant Revitalization Fund Program Award Practices
February 22, 2024 24-06 Evaluation of SBA’s Eligibility and Forgiveness Reviews of Paycheck Protection Program Loans Made to Borrowers with Treasury’s Do Not Pay Data Matches
December 19, 2023 24-04 SBA's Handling of Identity Theft in the COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program
October 25, 2023 24-02 SBA's Internal Controls to Prevent Shuttered Venue Operators Grants to Ineligible Applicants
September 29, 2023 23-16 Ending Active Collections on Delinquent COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loans
September 29, 2023 23-15 SBA’s Oversight of Restaurant Revitalization Fund Recipients
July 26, 2023 23-11 SBA’s Awards for Staffing Support for COVID-19 Economic Relief Loan Programs
July 5, 2023 23-10 SBA’s Administrative Process to Address Potentially Fraudulent Restaurant Revitalization Fund Awards
June 27, 2023 23-09 COVID-19 Pandemic EIDL and PPP Loan Fraud Landscape
May 31, 2023 23-08 Serious Concerns Regarding the Return of Paycheck Protection Program Funds
March 21, 2023 23-05 White Paper: 7(a) Loan Program During SBA’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
September 30, 2022 22-25 SBA's Guaranty Purchases for Paycheck Protection Program Loans
September 29, 2022 22-22 Follow-up Inspection of SBA’s Internal Controls to Prevent COVID-19 EIDLs to Ineligible Applicants
September 26, 2022 22-21 Paycheck Protection Program Eligibility for Nonprofit Organizations
September 27, 2022 22-19 COVID-19 and Disaster Assistance Information Systems Security Controls
September 12, 2022 22-17 COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan Applications Submitted from Foreign IP Addresses
July 19, 2022 22-16 SBA’s COVID-19 EIDL Program Data Migration Challenges
July 5, 2022 22-15 SBA’s Award and Payment Practices in the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program
May 26, 2022 22-13 SBA’s Handling of Potentially Fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program Loans
April 14, 2022 22-10 Evaluation of SBA's Contract for Disaster Assistance Loan Recommendation Services
February 28, 2022 22-09 SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program Loan Review Processes
January 18, 2022 22-07 SBA's Oversight of the Grant Recipient's Implementation of the CARES Act Resource Partners Training Portal
November 30, 2021 22-06 COVID-19 EIDL Program Recipients on the Department of Treasury's Do Not Pay List
October 7, 2021 22-01 SBA Emergency EIDL Grants to Sole Proprietors and Independent Contractors
August 12, 2021 21-19 The Small Business Administration’s Implementation of Recommended Controls and the Economic Aid Act
July 12, 2021 21-18 Evaluation of SBA’s Coronavirus Reconstitution Plan
May 6, 2021 21-15 SBA’s Handling of Identity Theft in the COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program
April 7, 2021 21-13 Serious Concerns About SBA’s Control Environment and the Tracking of Performance Results in the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program
March 30, 2021 21-11 Evaluation of SBA’s Award Procedures for the CARES Act Entrepreneurial Development Cooperative Agreements
March 15, 2021 21-09 Duplicate Loans Made Under the Paycheck Protection Program
January 14, 2021 21-07 Inspection of SBA's Implementation of the Paycheck Protection Program
January 11, 2021 21-06 Management Alert Paycheck Protection Program Loan Recipients on the Department of Treasury’s Do Not Pay List
December 1, 2020 21-03 Evaluation of the CARES Act Debt Relief to 7(a) Borrowers
October 28, 2020 21-02 Inspection of Small Business Administration’s Initial Disaster Assistance Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
July 28, 2020 20-16 Serious Concerns of Potential Fraud in EIDL Program Pertaining to the Response to COVID-19
May 8, 2020 20-14 Flash Report Small Business Administration's Implementation of the Paycheck Protection Program Requirements
April 23, 2020 20-13 White Paper: Risk Awareness and Lessons Learned from Prior Audits of Entrepreneurial Development Programs
April 3, 2020 20-12 Second White Paper: Risk Awareness and Lessons Learned from Audits and Inspections of Economic Injury Disaster Loans
April 3, 2020 20-11 White Paper: Risk Awareness and Lessons Learned from Prior Audits of Economic Stimulus Loans

 

Other documents

 

Date issued Title
December 23, 2020  IG Memo to Administrator Regarding COVID-19 Additional Funding

 

Congressional testimony

Date issued Title
November 14, 2023 U.S. Senate, Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight, "Examining Federal COVID-Era Spending and Preventing Future Fraud"
July 13, 2023 U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Small Business, "Stolen Taxpayer Funds: Reviewing the SBA and OIG Report of Fraud in Pandemic Lending Programs"
April 26, 2023 U.S. Senate, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, "Oversight of SBA's Implementation of Final Rules to Expand Access to Capital"
April 19, 2023 U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations, "Office of Inspector General Reports to Congress on Investigations of SBA Programs"
March 9, 2023 U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce, "Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Go Viral: Inspectors General on Curing the Disease"
June 14, 2022 U.S. House of Representatives, Select Subcommittee on Coronavirus Crisis, "Examining Federal Efforts to Prevent, Detect, and Prosecute Pandemic Relief Fraud to Safeguard Funds for All Eligible Americans”
January 12, 2022 U.S. House of Representative Committee on Small Business, "Review of SBA’s Top Management and Performance Challenges in Fiscal Year 2022 and SBA OIG’s Semiannual Report to Congress"
April 20, 2021 U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Small Business, "Update on SBA’s Pandemic Response Programs"
March 25, 2021 U.S. House of Representatives, Select Subcommittee on Coronavirus Crisis, "Rooting Out Fraud In Small Business Relief Programs"
March 24, 2021 U.S. Senate, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, "Oversight of SBA's COVID-19 Relief Programs"
October 1, 2020 U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight and Regulations -  "Preventing Fraud and Abuse of PPP and EIDL: An Update with the SBA Office of Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office” 
May 15, 2020 U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Small Business - "First Look: SBA OIG Preliminary PPP Report" 
April 28, 2020 U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Reform, "Inspectors General Brief Committee on Oversight of the Federal Government’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic" (Virtual Hearing)

 

Press releases

Date issued Title
September 30, 2024 Five Former IRS Employees Sentenced in Connection with COVID-19 Fraud
September 30, 2024 South Florida U.S. Attorney’s Office Charges an Attorney, Former SBA Employee, Tax Preparer, and others with COVID-19 Fraud Schemes
September 25, 2024 Former SBA Employee Convicted of Conspiracy, Bribery, And Wire Fraud
September 25, 2024 Over 100 Defendants Federally Charged with Fraud Related to The COVID-19 Pandemic
September 19, 2024 Businessman Pleads Guilty to Theft of Pandemic Relief Funds
September 12, 2024 California Businessman and His Companies Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Improper Paycheck Protection Program Loans
September 12, 2024 Atlanta Promoter, Entrepreneur, and Former NFL Player Sentenced for Paycheck Protection Program Fraud
September 11, 2024 Lehi Man Sentenced for Stealing More than $300,000 in COVID Relief Funds
September 11, 2024 Mississippi Residents Convicted of Fraud Related to COVID-19 Loans
September 10, 2024 Arizona Man and Co-Defendants Facing Federal Charges for Roles in $178 Million COVID-19 Fraud Conspiracy
September 9, 2024 Maryland Man Sentenced To A Year And A Day In Connection With COVID Fraud Scheme
September 6, 2024 Nevada Man Convicted of $11.2M COVID-19 Fraud
August 30, 2024 Madison Man Sentenced to 28 Months for Stealing Paycheck Protection Program Funds
August 30, 2024 Former Baltimore City Department of Finance Employee Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud Conspiracy and Bribery Scheme
August 29, 2024 Owner of San Diego-based Shammas Funding Inc. Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining $5 Million in Pandemic-Related Loans
August 28, 2024 Spokane Resident Sentenced for Fraudulently Obtaining More than $360,000 in COVID- 19 Relief Funding
August 28, 2024 Maryland Man Sentenced for Fraudulently Obtaining More Than $3.5 Million in COVID-19 Cares Act Loans
August 22, 2024 SBA Employee Indicted in COVID-19 Fraud Scheme
August 15, 2024 Georgia Trucker Sentenced for PPP Fraud
August 15, 2024 Utah Restaurant Owner Sentenced to Federal Prison for COVID Fraud
August 14, 2024 Atlantic County Health System Settles Matter Alleging it Received Improper Paycheck Protection Program Loan
August 14, 2024 Georgia Man Indicted for Pandemic-Related Fraud and Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud
August 8, 2024 Memphis Man Sentenced for Defrauding COVID-19 Relief Fund of More Than $2,000,000
August 8, 2024 Southern California Dental Offices and Former Owners Pay $6.3M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Improper Paycheck Protection Program Loans
August 1, 2024 Mead Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud for Defrauding COVID-19 Relief Programs
July 22, 2024 Middle District Of Florida Task Force Continues To Combat COVID-19 Fraud
July 10, 2024 Former SBA Employee Charged with Wire and Bank Fraud in Connection with Filing False Applications for PPP and EIDL Loans and Covid-19 Rental Assistance
June 25, 2024 Baltimore Man Sentenced To Seven Years In Connection With A Scheme To Fraudulently Obtain Almost $18 Million In Fraudulent COVID-19 Loans
June 20, 2024 U.S. Attorney Announces $4.6 Million False Claims Act Settlement With Restaurants, Fur Apparel Companies, And Their Owners And Managers For Submitting False Information To Obtain Paycheck Protection Program Loans
June 19, 2024 Former Vice President and Branch Manager of Popular Bank Convicted of Fraud and Money Laundering Charges
June 18, 2024 Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty in COVID-19 Pandemic Loan Scheme
June 17, 2024 Owner of ‘Agriculture’ Business Charged with Defrauding SBA of $150,000 in COVID-Relief Funds
June 17, 2024 Fredericksburg Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding COVID-19 Relief Program
June 14, 2024 Five Lowcountry Individuals Sentenced for Role in COVID-19 Loan Fraud
June 13, 2024 Jury Convicts Madison Man of Covid-Relief Fraud, False Statements, and Money Laundering
June 12, 2024 Nonprofit Organizations Pay Over $5.8 Million to Resolve Allegations of Fraudulently Obtaining Pandemic-Related Loans
June 10, 2024 Georgia Siblings Sentenced to Federal Prison for Defrauding Unemployment, COVID-19 Relief Programs
June 7, 2024 Former Assistant City Attorney and Police Officer Sentenced in an Approximately $15M PPP Fraud Scheme
June 6, 2024 Pair Arrested for Extensive CARES Act Fraud Conspiracy
May 29, 2024 Former Seattle man who used fraud to obtain more than $500,000 in COVID benefits sentenced to 3+ years in prison
May 24, 2024 El Sobrante Resident Charged with Fraudulently Obtaining More Than $1.1 Million In Pandemic-Relief Funds In 2020 and 2021
May 17, 2024 Charlotte Licensed Clinical Social Worker Convicted Of Medicaid Fraud, COVID-19 Relief Fraud, And Money Laundering
May 17, 2024 Former IRS Revenue Officer and His Brother Among Six Defendants Sentenced to Prison in Multi-Million-Dollar Covid-19 Fraud Scheme
May 17, 2024 Former Montgomery County Restaurant Owner Charged with PPP and RRF Loan Fraud
May 16, 2024 Two Men Indicted for Scheme to Tamper with Pollution Control Systems in Violation of the Clean Air Act
May 13, 2024 Kabbage Agrees to Pay up to $120 Million to Resolve Allegations that it Defrauded the Paycheck Protection Program
May 8, 2024 Omaha Man Sentenced for COVID-19 Relief Program Fraud
May 7, 2024 Illinois Businessman Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Fraud and Tax Evasion
May 3, 2024 Baton Rouge Woman Sentenced to Three Years in Federal Prison for Defrauding COVID-19 Pandemic Relief Programs
May 2, 2024 Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding COVID-19 Relief Programs and Commercial Equipment Lenders
May 1, 2024 Chicago Woman Sentenced to Prison for Participating in $16 Million Covid-Relief Fraud
April 30, 2024 Former Atlantic City Housing Authority Coordinator Charged with Fraud in Connection With COVID-19 Relief Funds
April 17, 2024 Florida Attorney Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in COVID-19 Fraud Scheme
April 15, 2024 Return to Nature Funeral Home Owners Charged for Defrauding Clients, Defrauding Paycheck Protection Program
April 10, 2024 Brockton Man Sentenced for Fraudulently Obtaining More Than $1.5 Million in COVID-Relief Funds
March 29, 2024 Jefferson City Man Pleads Guilty to $12 Million Bank Fraud Scheme
March 28, 2024 Utah Residents Accused of Running a COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme Face Federal Charges
March 25, 2024 Utah County Businessman Accused of Scamming $1.8M in COVID-19 Relief Funds is Arrested and Charged Federally
March 22, 2024 Las Vegas Resident Sentenced To Prison For COVID-19 Fraud Scheme
March 14, 2024 Las Vegas Man Sentenced To Prison For COVID-19 Relief Loan Scheme Committed While On Supervised Release
March 13, 2024 Seattle woman sentenced to intermittent custody for defrauding COVID assistance program
March 13, 2024 Four South Florida Residents Charged with PPP and Mortgage Fraud
March 12, 2024 Two Former City of Miami Police Department Employees Plead Guilty to COVID-19 Relief Fraud
March 11, 2024 Company that Improperly Took COVID 19 PPP Loan Agrees to Pay Nearly $1 Million to Settle False Claims Act Case
March 8, 2024 U.S. Attorney’s Eastern Washington COVID-19 Strike Force Announces Indictment of Trio for COVID Relief Fraud, including Two Tri-Cities Residents
March 7, 2024 Man Charged for $10M COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme
March 5, 2024 Leader of $6.8 Million Pandemic Fraud Scheme Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
February 28, 2024 Two Men Sentenced for Government Loan Program Fraud
Febraury 23, 2024 Former Postal Employee Sentenced to 30 Months in Federal Prison for Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft, and Theft of a Postal Service Key
February 19, 2024 U.S. Attorney’s Office announces priority to prosecute white-collar, financial crimes in Alaska
February 19, 2024 Anchorage business owner charged with wire fraud related to applications for Covid-19 recovery funds
February 19, 2024 U.S. to collect over $350,000 in damages after judgement ordered in False Claims Act case
February 19, 2024 Matanuska Valley Woman charged with healthcare fraud, false statements
February 19, 2024 Anchorage businesswoman charged with fraudulently obtaining and laundering roughly $1M in Covid-19 relief funds
February 16, 2024 Two Individuals Convicted for $11M COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme
February 12, 2024 Six Men Sentenced for Roles in $20M COVID-19 Relief Fraud Ring
February 9, 2024 Vancouver Real Estate Developer Sentenced to Federal Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining Covid-Relief Funds, Laundering Proceeds
February 9, 2024 Former Wenatchee Man Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Fraud Involving More than $117,000 in Pandemic Relief Funding
February 8, 2024 United States Attorney’s Eastern Washington COVID-19 Strike Force Announces Additional Indictments, Arrests
February 7, 2024 Federal Grand Jury Indicts 19 Individuals for Roles in a Fraudulent Scheme to Obtain COVID-19 Relief Funds
February 7, 2024 Miami Woman Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison After Using COVID-19 Funds to Gamble and Launder Money
February 1, 2024 Windsor Mill Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Obtain More Than $3.5 Million in COVID-19 CARES Act Loans
January 31, 2024 Las Vegas Resident Sentenced to Prison for COVID-19 Relief Loan Scheme Committed While on Supervised Release
January 29, 2024 Owner of Tax Preparation Business Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Pandemic Relief Funding Programs
January 26, 2024 Monterey Caterer Charged with Defrauding the Government Out of $4 Million in COVID-Relief Funds
January 17, 2024 AmeriHealth Clinics Consent to a $2 Million Judgment to Resolve Healthcare Fraud Allegations
January 17, 2024 Middle District of Florida Task Force Continues to Combat COVID-19 Fraud
January 12, 2024 Baltimore County Man and Woman Plead Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining More Than $300,000 in COVID-19 CARES Act Loans
January 11, 2024 Former Seattle resident convicted of bank fraud for false COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program filings
January 10, 2024 Baltimore Man Sentenced to Two Years in Federal Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining COVID-19 CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program Loans
January 9, 2024 North Las Vegas Man Sentenced To Prison For $1.1 Million COVID-19 Relief Fraud
January 8, 2024 Former Iowa Businessman Sentenced to Federal Prison in Pandemic Benefits Fraud Scheme
December 20, 2023 Woman Convicted of $7M COVID-19 Relief Fraud
December 19, 2023 Brockton Man Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining More Than $1.5 Million in COVID-Relief Funds
December 14, 2023 Los Angeles Man Sentenced to More Than 5 Years in Prison for COVID-19 Business Loan Fraud Schemes and for Firearms and Ammo Crime
December 12, 2023 Florida Attorney Convicted at Trial for Role in COVID-19 Fraud Scheme
December 11, 2023 Former Miami-Dade Police Officer Sentenced for COVID-19 Relief Fraud
December 11, 2023 Nevada Man Sentenced to 70 Months in Federal Prison for Bank Fraud and Identity Theft Scheme
December 11, 2023 Leader of $6.8 Million Pandemic Fraud Scheme Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Money Laundering Charges
December 8, 2023 Two McLean Companies and CEO Ordered to Pay $1.1 Million for Defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program
December 6, 2023 Former IRS Employee Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering in Connection with COVID-19 Fraud
December 6, 2023 Commerce Township Man Sentenced in Pandemic Relief Fraud Scheme
December 6, 2023 Tennessee Man Sentenced in COVID Relief Fraud
December 5, 2023 Texas Man Who Created Fake Church to Fraudulently Obtain Fake Car, COVID-19 loans Sentenced to Over 8 Years in Prison
November 29, 2023 Maryland Man Charged with Committing $11.5 Million In COVID-19 Pandemic Fraud
November 16, 2023 Women Who Led Troubled Tacoma Bakery Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud in Connection with COVID-19 Loan Funds
November 14, 2023 Convicted Felon Accused of Lying on COVID-19 Loan Applications to Obtain Over $182,000
November 9, 2023 Three Miami Residents Charged with COVID-19 Pandemic Relief Fraud
November 8, 2023 Former KC Bank Manager Pleads Guilty to Facilitating Covid Fraud Scheme, Unemployment Benefits Fraud Scheme
November 3, 2023 Former Edmond Resident Sentenced to Serve 20 Months in Federal Prison for Fraud on Main Street Lending Program Created in Response to the Pandemic
October 31, 2023 Baltimore Man Sentenced to 24 Months in Federal Prison for Scheme to Obtain More Than $550,000 in Fraudulent Covid-19 CARES Act Loans
October 31, 2023 Three Sentenced for Paycheck Protection Program Loan Fraud Schemes in the Northern District of Oklahoma
October 30, 2023 Former Miami-Dade Corrections Sergeant Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for COVID-19 Relief Fraud
October 24, 2023 U.S. Attorney’s Eastern Washington COVID-19 Strike Force Announces Indictment of Spokane Valley Couple in Connection with Fraudulent COVID Relief Loan
October 19, 2023 Former Florida State Representative Sentenced To Federal Prison For Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, And Making False Statements In Connection With COVID-19 Relief Fraud
October 19, 2023 Baltimore Man Pleads Guilty to a Scheme to Fraudulently Obtain Almost $18 Million in COVID-19 CARES Act Loans
October 17, 2023 Middle District Of Florida Task Force Continues To Combat COVID-19 Fraud
October 16, 2023 Hagerstown Man Pleads Guilty to Making a False Statement on a Loan Application to Obtain COVID-19 Funds
October 13, 2023 Atlanta-Based Financial Advisor Sentenced for COVID-Relief Fraud Scheme
October 12, 2023 CEO Of Company Providing Homes For Parolees And Probationers Sentenced To 17 Years In Prison For Bank Fraud, Wire Fraud, Witness Tampering, And Other Offenses
October 11, 2023 Ten Individuals Charged for $950,000 COVID-19 Relief Fraud Schemes
October 3, 2023 Leader of $20M COVID-19 Relief Fraud Ring Sentenced to 15 Years
October 2, 2023 Five Men Plead Guilty to Roles in Multimillion-Dollar COVID-19 Relief Fraud Conspiracy
October 2, 2023 Convicted COVID-19 Fraudster Sentenced to Federal Prison, Ordered to Repay Stolen Funds
September 29, 2023 COVID Fraud Lands Norman Man in Federal Prison for Two Years
September 27, 2023 Anchorage Nonprofit Directors Indicted for Stealing $1.6 million in COVID Recovery Funds
September 27, 2023 Montgomery Woman Convicted for COVID-19 Era Paycheck Protection Program Loan Fraud
September 27, 2023 Prince George's County Man Pleads Guilty To Fraudulently Obtaining Covid-19 Cares Act Paycheck Protection Program Loans
September 27, 2023 U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit Announces Update on the Success of the District of Idaho’s COVID-19 Fraud Task Force
September 26, 2023 Arkansas Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining More than $16.5 Million in COVID Relief Funding
September 21, 2023 3 New Mexico Residents Indicted for COVID-19 Fraud After HSI Investigation
September 13, 2023 Federal Grand Jury Indicts 19 Central Illinois United States Postal Service Workers for Wire Fraud Related to COVID Relief Funds
September 9, 2023 Two Brothers Plead Guilty to $7.6M COVID-19 Relief Fraud
September 7, 2023 Social Media Influencer Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for $1.5 Million COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme
September 5, 2023 Southern District Prosecutes Nearly $11 million in COVID Fraud as Part of National Enforcement Actions
September 1, 2023 Six Oklahomans Charged with Cares Act Fraud
August 30, 2023 Nevada Resident Pleads Guilty To COVID-19 Fraud Scheme
August 23, 2023 Justice Department Announces Results of Nationwide COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Action
August 22, 2023 Man Charged with Defrauding Elderly Homeowners and COVID-19 Relief Programs
August 17, 2023 Franklin Man Pleads Guilty To COVID-19 Relief Fraud, Bank Fraud, and Money Laundering
August 16, 2023 Florida Real Estate Broker Agrees To Pay Over $4 Million To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating To Fraudulent Cares Act Loans
August 10, 2023 Former Miami-Dade Corrections Sergeant Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Relief Fraud
August 3, 2023 Baltimore County Businessman Facing Federal Charges for Fraudulently Obtaining More Than $1.3 Million in COVID-19 CARES Act Loans
July 27, 2023 CEO Of Paycheck Protection Program Lender MBE Capital Sentenced To 54 Months In Prison In Connection With Fraudulent Loan And Lender Applications
July 24, 2023 NASA-JPL Employee Agrees to Plead Guilty to Defrauding COVID-19 Economic Relief Program, Using Some Proceeds to Grow Marijuana
July 20, 2023 Mooresville, N.C. Man Is Facing Federal Charges For Investment Scheme And COVID-19 Fraud
July 18, 2023 Former central Ohio man pleads guilty to fraud in applications for $1.1 million in COVID relief loans
July 13, 2023 Charleston Man Sentenced to One Year in Federal Prison for Fraud Relating to Coronavirus Funds
July 12, 2023 Former Officer at South Florida Immigrant Detention Facility Charged with COVID-19 Relief Fraud
July 12, 2023 Middle District Of Florida Task Force Continues To Combat COVID-19 Fraud
July 10, 2023 West L.A. Man Gets More Than 6 Years in Prison for Illicitly Obtaining Nearly $9 Million in COVID Loans, Some of Which He Used for Las Vegas Gambling
July 3, 2023 Former Miami-Dade Police Officer Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Relief Fraud
June 30, 2023 Utah Woman Found Guilty of $10M Worth of PPP Loan Fraud
June 30, 2023 West Richland Resident Sentenced to 15 Months in Federal Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining $337,267 in COVID-19 Relief Funds
June 27, 2023 All Hands On Deck CEO Convicted Of Bank Fraud, Wire Fraud, Witness Tampering, And Other Offenses
June 26, 2023 Prince George’s County Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison for a Conspiracy to Obtain Over $1 Million in COVID-19 CARES Act Loans and Unemployment Insurance Benefits
June 21, 2023 Augusta Man Sentenced to Prison for COVID-19 Scheme that Netted More Than $4.5 Million in Loans and Grants
June 16, 2023 Former Federal Correctional Officer Sentenced to Prison for Paycheck Protection Program Fraud
June 12, 2023 4 Arizona Swindlers Sentenced for Paycheck Protection Program Fraud After HSI Phoenix Investigation
June 9, 2023 San Mateo Company To Pay More Than $1,000,000 For Improperly Seeking And Obtaining Paycheck Protection Program Loans
June 7, 2023 Six indicted in scheme that defrauded pandemic relief programs of more than $3 million
June 7, 2023 Crescenta Valley Man Sentenced to More Than 5 Years in Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining Nearly $3 Million in COVID Relief Funds
June 1, 2023 Eight Arrested in Multi-Million Dollar Pandemic Relief Fraud Scheme
June 1, 2023 Physician Sentenced for Stealing Approximately $250K from COVID-19 Relief Programs
June 1, 2023 Former KC Bank Manager Indicted for Facilitating Covid Fraud Scheme, Unemployment Benefits Fraud Scheme
June 1, 2023 Baltimore Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge in Connection with Scheme to Obtain More Than $550,000 In Fraudulent COVID-19 Cares Act Loans
May 31, 2023 Spokane Resident Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining More than $360,000 in COVID-19 Relief Funding
May 25, 2023 Small Business Administration Employee Sentenced in Covid Relief Fraud
May 25, 2023 Willoughby Hills Man Sentenced for His Part in $7 Million COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme Fraud
May 24, 2023 Tax Preparer and Client Charged With $13 Million Paycheck Protection Program Fraud Scheme
May 16, 2023 North Las Vegas Resident Pleads Guilty To COVID-19 Relief Fraud
May 15, 2023 Spokane Resident Sentenced to 6 Months for COVID-19 Relief Fraud
May 10, 2023 Former IRS Revenue Officer, Along With Five Others, Charged In Alleged Multi-Million Dollar COVID-Fraud Scheme
May 4, 2023 Buffalo Man Going To Prison For COVID Relief Fraud
May 4, 2023 Defense Contractor and Chief Executive Officer Resolve False Claims Act and FIRREA Allegations for Misusing Pandemic-Relief Funds
May 3, 2023 Tallahassee Couple Sentenced To Federal Prison For Wire Fraud Conspiracy, Money Laundering Conspiracy, And Making False Statements Relating To COVID-19 Relief Programs
April 28, 2023 Houston man sent to prison for $3M PPP loan fraud scheme
April 14, 2023 Two South Florida Residents Indicted for Stealing Millions in COVID-19 Relief Funds
April 14, 2023 Brothers Charged for Stealing Millions of Dollars in COVID-19 Relief Funds
April 13, 2023 Middle District Of Florida Task Force Continues To Combat COVID-19 Fraud
April 12, 2023 South Florida Resident Sentenced to Prison for COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program Fraud
April 5, 2023 Former City of Miami Police Officer Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Relief Fraud
April 3, 2023 Morris County Company Settles Matter Alleging it Received Improper Paycheck Protection Program Loan
March 30, 2023 Georgia man convicted of fraud in seeking millions of dollars in COVID-19 relief funding
March 29, 2023 Former State Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Relief Fraud
March 23, 2023 Broward County Man Sentenced to 108 Months’ Imprisonment for Ponzi Scheme & COVID-19 Fraud
March 23, 2023 CEO Of Paycheck Protection Program Lender MBE Capital Pleads Guilty In Connection With Fraudulent Loan And Lender Applications
March 21, 2023 Former Florida State Representative Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, And Making False Statements In Connection With Covid-19 Relief Fraud
March 21, 2023 Florida Resorts Agree to Pay $325,000 to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating to False Certifications on a Paycheck Protection Program Loan Forgiveness Application
March 20, 2023 Stakeholders of the China Super Buffett in Mobile sentenced and forfeit over $1.5 Million in Assets for Harboring Aliens
March 14, 2023 Former South Florida Regional Bank Manager Sentenced for COVID-19 Relief Fraud
March 13, 2023 Michigan Nonprofit Organizations Agree to Pay $225,887 to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Improper Receipt of Paycheck Protection Program Loans
March 10, 2023 Charleston County Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding the Small Business Association
March 9, 2023 Federal Grand Jury Indicts Urbana, Illinois, Women for Wire Fraud Related to COVID Relief Funds
March 6, 2023 Ashburn Woman Convicted of $2.5 Million Pandemic Fraud
March 3, 2023 St. Louis County Man Sentenced to 5+ Years for $777,000 Pandemic Fraud
February 28, 2023 Co-Leader of COVID-19 Loan Fraud Ring Extradited from Montenegro to Begin Serving Prison Sentence
February 27, 2023 Man Sentenced to Four Years for Committing COVID-19 Relief Fraud While on Home Confinement for Similar Financial Crimes
February 24, 2023 Las Vegas Woman Pleads Guilty To Committing COVID Relief Fraud While On Federal Probation
February 21, 2023 Broken Arrow Man Pleads Guilty After Illegally Applying For and Receiving a $20,665 Paycheck Protection Program Loan
February 17, 2023 Irvine Man Sentenced to 4½ Years in Federal Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining $5 Million in COVID Loans He Spent on Sports Cars
February 17, 2023 Prince George’s County Man Pleads Guilty To A Federal Wire Fraud Conspiracy To Obtain Over $1 Million In Covid-19 Cares Act Loans And Unemployment Insurance Benefits
February 16, 2023 Former Oregon Dentist Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing Millions in COVID-Relief Funds and Illegally Distributing Controlled Substances
February 10, 2023 Federal Grand Jury Indicts Champaign, Illinois, Woman for Wire Fraud Related to COVID Relief Funds
February 10, 2023 Spokane Resident Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining More Than $50,000 in COVID-19 Relief Funds
February 10, 2023 Arkansas, Washington Business Owners Indicted for Conspiring to Defraud COVID-19 Relief Programs
February 9, 2023 Houston-Area Man Convicted for Role in $35M COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme
February 8, 2023 Man Convicted for Multimillion-Dollar COVID-19 Relief Fraud
February 8, 2023 Federal Jury Finds Man Guilty of Procuring U.S. Citizenship Illegally During Execution of Multi-Million Dollar Covid-19 Fraud Scheme
February 7, 2023 Kingdom City Business Owner Pleads Guilty to $673,000 CARES Act Fraud
February 4, 2023 Former Yarmouth Resident Sentenced for Identity Theft and SBA Loan Fraud Charges
February 1, 2023 Three California Companies Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Improper Paycheck Protection Program Loans
January 31, 2023 North-Central Florida Blimp Company Executive Sentenced To Over Five Years In Federal Prison For COVID-19 Relief Fraud
January 30, 2023 Coronavirus Fraud Task Force Getting Results
January 27, 2023 New York Woman Sentenced for $9.2 Million COVID-19 Relief Fraud
January 23, 2023 Atlanta promoter and entrepreneur indicted for Paycheck Protection Program fraud
January 19, 2023 Owner of Two Northeast Ohio Businesses Sentenced to Prison for PPP Loan Fraud
January 19, 2023 Eleven sentenced in connection with a $3 million Paycheck Protection Program fraud scheme
January 19, 2023 Augusta man admits to COVID-19 scheme that netted more than $4 million in loans and grants
January 17, 2023 Middle District Of Florida Task Force Continues To Combat COVID-19 Fraud
January 17, 2023 Physician Convicted for Misappropriating Approximately $250,000 from COVID-19 Relief Programs
January 9, 2023 Fort Stewart soldier sentenced to prison for prolific fraud scheme targeting COVID-19 relief programs, student loans
January 9, 2023 California Agricultural Companies and Their Owner Agree to Pay $600,000 to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Improperly Inflated Paycheck Protection Program Loans
January 5, 2023 Acton Man Pleads Guilty to Using Stolen Identities to Obtain COVID Relief Funds
December 22, 2022 COVID-19 Strike Force Announces Indictment of Former Wenatchee Man, Who Is Now At-Large in the Bay Area
December 19, 2022 Former Portland Area Non-Profit Director Pleads Guilty to Stealing Covid Relief Funds
December 13, 2022 Monroe Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering in Connection with CARES Act Fraud Scheme
December 12, 2022 Sacramento Man Sentenced to More than 3 Years in Prison for COVID-19 Relief Fraud, Embezzlement, and Unemployment Benefit Fraud
December 12, 2022 Two Sentenced To Federal Prison In Separate Cases For Fraudulently Obtaining COVID-19 Relief Funding
December 8, 2022 Gang member, purported rapper sentenced to federal prison for COVID-19 relief fraud
December 7, 2022 Florida State Representative Indicted For Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, And Making False Statements
December 6, 2022 Former Assistant Atlanta City Attorney and Police Officer Charged in $7 Million PPP Fraud Scheme
December 1, 2022 Los Angeles Man Found Guilty of Stealing More Than $150,000 and Attempting to Steal Nearly $1.9 Million More in COVID Business Loans
December 1, 2022 U.S. Attorney’s Strike Force Secures Three More Felony Convictions for COVID-19 Relief Fraud
November 30, 2022 Portland Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Attempting to Defraud Covid Relief Programs While on Supervised Release
November 30, 2022 Seventeen New York City And State Public Employees Charged With Fraudulently Obtaining Pandemic Relief Loans
November 28, 2022 Liberty County Man and Woman Behind My Buddy Loans Sentenced for Fraud Related to COVID Relief
November 28, 2022 Prince George’s County Man Pleads Guilty to a Federal Wire Fraud Conspiracy to Obtain Over $750,000 in COVID-19 CARES Act Loans and Unemployment Insurance Benefits
November 18, 2022 Fugitive Couple Extradited to the United States from Montenegro to Begin Prison Sentences for $20 Million Fraud
November 18, 2022 Former San Fernando Valley Couple Extradited to the United States from Montenegro to Begin Prison Sentences for $20 Million Fraud Scheme
November 14, 2022 Riverside County Man Sentenced to 8½ Years in Prison for Stealing Over $6.6 Million in COVID-19 Loans Intended for Small Businesses
November 10, 2022 Waxahachie Woman Charged in $1.2 Million Paycheck Protection Program, Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program Fraud
November 9, 2022 Indian National Charged in $8 Million COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme
November 9, 2022 Grand Jury Returns Indictments
November 4, 2022 Littleton Man Charged with Covid Fraud
October 25, 2022 Eight more defendants charged in COVID-19 relief fraud schemes
October 20, 2022 Seven Chicago-Area Residents Charged With $16 Million COVID-Relief Fraud
October 19, 2022 U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit Announces Launch of Idaho COVID-19 Fraud Task Force
October 18, 2022 U.S. Attorney Announces Results Of Multi-Faceted Strategy To Combat Fraud Related To COVID-19
October 18, 2022 Justice Department Announces New Charges, Convictions, and Sentencings in Ongoing Initiative Targeting Pandemic Relief Fraud
October 4, 2022 Five Current or Former IRS Employees Charged with Defrauding Federal COVID-19 Relief Programs
October 3, 2022 Baker Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Wire Fraud and Making False Statements in Connection with CARES Act COVID-19 Pandemic Assistance
September 26, 2022 Irvine Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Obtaining More Than $5 Million in COVID-Relief Loans for Sham Businesses
September 26, 2022 Nigerian state official sentenced to 5 years in prison for stealing U.S. disaster aid and taxpayer refunds
September 23, 2022 South Carolina man convicted of COVID-19 Relief fraud in first Atlanta PPP trial
September 22, 2022 First-Ever Paycheck Protection Program False Claims Act Whistleblower Case in Which the United States Intervened Against the Borrower Settles
September 21, 2022 Moses Lake Resident Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining $50,000 in COVID-19 Relief Funds
September 20, 2022 D.C. Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison For Attempting to Steal More than $31 Million in COVID-19 Funds
September 15, 2022 South Florida U.S. Attorney’s Office to Lead COVID-19 Fraud Strike Force Team Against Pandemic Relief Fraud
September 15, 2022 Jefferson City Man Indicted in $27.1 Million Dollar Bank Fraud Scheme
September 14, 2022 Justice Department Announces COVID-19 Fraud Strike Force Teams
September 9, 2022 U.S. Attorney’s Eastern Washington COVID-19 Strike Force Announces Indictment of Two West Richland Residents
September 2, 2022 District Man Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison for Schemes to Defraud Small Business Pandemic Relief Programs Relief Programs and the Archdiocese of Washington
August 30, 2022 Telfair County woman sentenced to federal prison for scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 relief funding
August 30, 2022 Five additional defendants charged with fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief funding
August 19, 2022 North Las Vegas Felon Pleads Guilty To Unlawful Possession Of Ammunition And COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme
August 16, 2022 Spokane Man Sentenced to Probation for COVID-19 Relief Fraud
August 16, 2022 Stamford Man Sentenced to Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining More Than $4 Million in COVID-19 Relief Funds
August 12, 2022 Savannah rapper admits COVID-19 relief fraud, drug possession
August 10, 2022 Three Chicago-Area Residents Charged with COVID-Relief Fraud
August 9, 2022 Three Charged with COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme
August 4, 2022 Las Vegas Felon Sentenced To Prison For Unlawful Possession Of A Stolen Firearm And COVID Relief Fraud
August 4, 2022 Former Long-Term Employee of Miami-Dade Police Department Convicted of Covid-19 Relief Fraud Sentenced to Prison Time
August 2, 2022 Riverside County Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Criminal Charges for Fraudulently Obtaining $6.6 Million in COVID-Relief Business Loans
July 29, 2022 U.S. Attorney’s Eastern Washington COVID-19 Strike Force Announces Three More Indictments
July 28, 2022 Springfield, Illinois Man Sentenced to 5 months’ Imprisonment and 3 months Home Confinement for COVID-19 Related Wire Fraud
July 26, 2022 Second Man Sentenced to Federal Prison in Paycheck Protection Program Fraud Scheme
July 25, 2022 Brockton Man Charged with Fraudulently Obtaining Over $1.5 Million in COVID-Relief Funds
July 22, 2022 Three Fugitives Arrested in Massive Multistate Fraud Scheme
July 22, 2022 Yakima Resident Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining More Than $59,000 in COVID-19 Relief Funds
July 19, 2022 California Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years for $27 Million PPP Fraud Scheme
July 15, 2022 Fort Stewart soldier admits guilt in prolific fraud scheme targeting COVID-19 relief programs, student loans
July 15, 2022 Tarzana Accountant Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charge for Helping Client Fraudulently Obtain $1.2 Million COVID-Related Business Loan
July 15, 2022 Coweta Man who Fraudulently Obtained Almost $200,000 in Loans from the Small Business Administration Pleads Guilty
July 14, 2022 Owner of tax preparation business indicted for defrauding pandemic relief funding program
July 14, 2022 Georgia woman indicted for COVID-19 scheme that fraudulently netted more than $2 million
July 11, 2022 U.S. Attorney Announces Results Of Multi-Faceted Strategy To Combat Fraud Related To COVID-19
July 8, 2022 Member of $3M COVID-19 Loan Fraud Conspiracy Sentenced
July 5, 2022 U.S. Attorney Announces Two Additional Indictments as Part of COVID-19 Relief Fraud Strike Force
July 5, 2022 Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 72 Months in Prison for $1.9 Million Paycheck Protection Program Fraud
June 23, 2022   Georgia man charged with fraud in seeking millions of dollars in COVID-19 relief funding
June 22, 2022 Eight Charged in $7 Million Loan Fraud Scheme
June 22, 2022 Feds Charge 19 Defendants with Pandemic Fraud of over $24 Million
June 17, 2022 Couple who Fraudulently Obtained Almost $743,000 in Paycheck Protection Program Loan Scheme Pleads Guilty in Federal Court
June 16, 2022 St. Paul Man Sentenced to Prison for $841,000 COVID-Relief Scheme to Defraud the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program
June 13, 2022 Five people face federal charges for fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief funding
June 9, 2022 Man Convicted for $4.1 Million COVID-19 Relief Fraud
June 9, 2022 Woman Sentenced for Leading a Paycheck Protection Program Loan Scheme
June 8, 2022 Las Vegas Man Sentenced To Prison For Committing COVID Relief Fraud While On Pretrial Release
June 6, 2022 Grand Jury Charges Memphis Woman Who Allegedly Bought Maserati Luxury Automobile and Other Personal Items with Fraudulently Obtained Paycheck Protection Loans
June 3, 2022 Orange County Man Agrees to Plead Guilty to Federal Charges for Obtaining More Than $5 Million in COVID Loans for Sham Companies
May 31, 2022 Sixth Defendant in $3 Million COVID-19 Fraud Ring Pleads Guilty
May 27, 2022 Richmond Man Pleads Guilty to $1 Million Paycheck Protection Program Fraud Scheme
May 26, 2022 California Couple Charged with Defrauding Paycheck Protection Program
May 24, 2022 Yakima Woman Indicted for COVID-19 Relief Fraud as part of U.S. Attorney’s COVID-19 Fraud Strike Force
May 23, 2022 Owasso Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Applying for Paycheck Protection Program Loans under False Pretenses
May 20, 2022 Former Seattle resident indicted for bank fraud for allegedly stealing more than $500,000 from Paycheck Protection Program
May 19, 2022 Mastermind of $11.1 million Paycheck Protection Program fraud scheme sentenced to fifteen years
May 18, 2022 Spokane Resident Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining More Than $50,000 in COVID-19 Relief Funds
May 11, 2022 Georgia Man Sentenced to 40 Months in Federal Prison for Defrauding Yakima Non-Profit
May 9, 2022 Sacramento Man Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Relief Fraud, Embezzlement, and Unemployment Fraud
May 9, 2022 Orange County Man Sentenced to 2½ Years in Federal Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining $1.5 Million in COVID-Relief Loans
May 9, 2022 Two Men Sentenced for COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme
May 6, 2022 Two Florida Men Sentenced to Ten and Six and a Half Years in Prison for Roles in Massive COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme
May 4, 2022 U.S. Attorney Announces Results Of Multi-Faceted Strategy To Combat Fraud Related To COVID-19
May 3, 2022 Nigerian citizen pleads guilty to COVID-19 unemployment fraud on Washington and 17 other states
April 21, 2022 Chinese National Sentenced To 52 Months For $20 Million Covid-19 Pandemic Loan Fraud Scheme
April 19, 2022 Four more defendants charged in COVID-19 fraud schemes
April 19, 2022 Former Small Business Administration Employee Imprisoned For Identity Theft
April 15, 2022 California Man Convicted of COVID-19 Relief Fraud
April 15, 2022 Riverside County Man Found Guilty of Fraud for Misusing COVID-Relief Business Loan on Personal Expenses, Including Luxury Cars
April 12, 2022 Judge sentences St. Louis man to more than 10 years in federal prison for bank fraud in conjunction with the Payment Protection Program (PPP)
April 12, 2022 Temple Terrace Woman Sentenced To Two Years In Prison For Bank Fraud Involving COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program
April 8, 2022 D.C. Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Steal More than $31 Million in COVID-19 Funds
April 7, 2022 Woman Sentenced to Over Five Years for COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme
April 6, 2022 Fifth Defendant Pleads Guilty To Scheme To Fraudulently Obtain Over $30 Million In Covid-Relief Loans
March 31, 2022 Fort Drum Contractors Plead Guilty to Wire Fraud Conspiracy, Pay More Than $750,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Liability
March 31, 2022 Florida Woman Pleads Guilty to Submitting Fraudulent EIDL and PPP Applications in $865k Wire Fraud Scheme
March 30, 2022 Nigerian “Prince” Sentenced for Federal Fraud Violations
March 29, 2022 Man Convicted for $27 Million PPP Fraud Scheme
March 25, 2022 HPM Corporation and Owners Accept Responsibility, Agree to Pay Nearly $3 Million in Restitution and Penalties for Fraudulent Covid-19 Relief Loan
March 18, 2022 Two Downtown Los Angeles Residents Arrested on Complaint Alleging They Fraudulently Obtained $300,000 in COVID-Relief Loans
March 17, 2022 U.S. Attorney Announces New COVID-19 Fraud Strike Force
March 17, 2022 Business Owner Sentenced to Prison, Ordered to Pay Restitution, for CARES Act PPP Fraud
March 10, 2022 Las Vegas Man Pleads Guilty To Committing COVID Relief Fraud While On Pretrial Release
March 7, 2022 Georgia Man Who Used COVID Relief Funds To Buy Pokemon Card Sentenced To Prison
March 2, 2022 District Man Pleads Guilty in Schemes to Defraud Small Business Pandemic Relief Programs and the Archdiocese of Washington
February 25, 2022 Miami-Dade Police Department Employee Pleads Guilty to COVID Relief Fraud
February 25, 2022 Massachusetts Man Convicted of COVID-19 Relief Fraud
February 25, 2022 Irvine Man Arrested on Charge Alleging He Fraudulently Obtained More Than $5 Million in COVID-Relief Loans for Sham Companies
February 24, 2022 Oakland Woman Sentenced To Three Years In Million Dollar Pandemic Relief Fraud
February 24, 2022 Former MTA Special Inspector Sentenced for COVID-19 Relief Fraud
February 22, 2022 Former Lake Oswego Resident Sentenced to Federal Prison for Covid-Relief Fraud
February 15, 2022 Three Men Sentenced for $2.7 Million COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme
February 11, 2022 Northern Virginia Company Settles False Claims Act Allegations of Improper Paycheck Protection Program Loan
February 9, 2022 Arizona Man Sentenced to 32 Months in Federal Prison for Fraudulent Applications for Economic Injury Disaster Loans
February 9, 2022 Virginia Man Pleads Guilty in Paycheck Protection Program Money Laundering Scheme
February 3, 2022 Two Florida Residents Sentenced to Prison for COVID-19 Relief Fraud
February 3, 2022  Georgia, Florida attorneys indicted for COVID-19 fraud scheme
January 31, 2022 St. Paul Man Pleads Guilty to $841,000 COVID-Relief Scheme to Defraud the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program
January 26, 2022 Stamford Man Who Fraudulently Obtained More Than $4 Million in Covid-19 Relief Funds Pleads Guilty
January 21, 2022 Smyrna Man Charged In Paycheck Protection Program Fraud
January 20, 2022 Edmond Woman Pleads Guilty to Cares Act Main Street Lending Program Fraud
January 18, 2022 Palm Bay Man Sentenced To Five Years In Federal Prison For COVID Relief Fraud And Tax Fraud
January 14, 2022 Georgia woman sentenced to federal prison for COVID-19 fraud
December 23, 2021 Federal Grand Jury B Indictments Announced - December
December 23, 2021 Fort Drum Contracting Officer Indicted for Accepting Gratuities from Contractor Boyfriend in Exchange for Taking Official Action on Contracts
December 21, 2021 Prairieville Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Defrauding COVID-19 Relief Program
December 20,2021 Delray Beach Man Sentenced To 17 Years In Prison For Bank Fraud, False Statements, And Aggravated Identity Theft Involving COVID-19 Relief Programs | USAO-NDFL | Department of Justice
December 20, 2021 EDVA Takes Action Against COVID-19 Fraud in 2021
December 16, 2021 Two Florida Men Plead Guilty to $35 Million COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme
December 16, 2021 Taylorsville Woman Charged with Making False Statements to Obtain Millions of Dollars in PPP Loans.
December 15, 2021 Oregon Dentist Faces Federal Charges for Stealing Nearly $8 Million in COVID-Relief Program Funds
December 15, 2021 Four more charged in $35M COVID-19 relief fraud scheme
December 13, 2021 Former NFL Player Sentenced to Federal Prison for COVID-19 Relief Fraud
December 8, 2021 Texas Woman Convicted of COVID-19 Relief Fraud
December 8, 2021 Three Coconspirators in a Paycheck Protection Program Loan Scheme Plead Guilty
December 6, 2021 Nevada Man Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Scams Involving Election Fundraising and COVID Relief Loans
December 3, 2021 Nonprofit CEO Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud in Relation to COVID-19 Loan Fraud
December 3, 2021 U.S. Law Enforcement Targets Fraud Facilitators, Doubling Last Year’s Enforcement
December 2, 2021 Three South Florida Men Sentenced for Conspiring to Launder Fraudulently Obtained Covid-19 Relief Money and Proceeds from Business Email Compromise Schemes
December 1, 2021 Cedar Rapids Man to Spend More than Seven Years in Federal Prison for COVID-19 Fraud and Illegally Possessing a Gun
November 30, 2021 South Florida Federal Jury Convicts Woman of COVID-19 Relief Fraud
November 19, 2021 Owasso Man Convicted for Applying for Paycheck Protection Program Loans under False Pretenses
November 17, 2021 Former Miami-Dade County Employee Sentenced to Federal Prison for COVID-19 Relief Fraud
November 17, 2021 Tax Preparer Sentenced in COVID-19 Fraud Scheme
November 16, 2021 San Fernando Valley Family Members Sentenced to Years in Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining Tens of Millions of Dollars in COVID Relief
November 16, 2021 Seven Members of Los Angeles-Based Fraud Ring Sentenced for Multimillion-Dollar COVID-19 Relief Scheme
November 9, 2021 Georgia Man Pleads Guilty to CARES Act PPP Fraud
November 3, 2021 Greer Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Money Laundering Involving Just Under $2 Million in Coronavirus Funds
October 29, 2021 Anchorage Businessman Agrees to Pay $397,990 for COVID-Relief Loan Fraud
October 29, 2021 Georgia man admits submitting false information to obtain COVID-19 disaster relief funding
October 28, 2021 Louisiana Man Indicted for Fraudulently Obtaining COVID-19 Relief Funds and Money Laundering
October 15, 2021 Federal Grand Jury B Indictments Announced- October
October 15, 2021 Former McKinney Man Indicted for COVID-19 Relief Fraud
October 14, 2021 Four Defendants Charged In $7.6 Million COVID-19 Fraud Scheme
September 27, 2021 Delray Beach Man Convicted Of Bank Fraud, False Statements, And Aggravated Identity Theft Involving COVID-19 Relief Programs
September 24, 2021 Two Former Employees at New York Branch Of Major Bank And An Accountant Charged With Cares Act Loan Fraud
September 24, 2021 Maryland Man Facing Federal Indictment For Fraudulently Obtaining $3.5 Millions In COVID Relief Funds
September 24, 2021 Sunland Man Sentenced to Nearly 3½ Years in Federal Prison for Scheming to Fraudulently Obtain $650,600 COVID-Relief Loan
September 23, 2021 Nevada Man Pleads Guilty To Stealing Over $1.9 Million In COVID-Relief Fraud Scheme And Failing To Pay Over Employee Tax Contributions To The IRS
September 16, 2021 Baker City Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing Covid-Relief Funds
September 16, 2021 Collin County Wedding Planner Sentenced for COVID Relief Fraud
September 16, 2021 Texas Wedding Planner Sentenced in COVID-19 Fraud Scheme
September 15, 2021 Reality TV star sentenced for PPP fraud and for operating a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme
September 14, 2021 Man Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining Approximately $9 Million in COVID-Relief Loans, Some of Which Was Gambled Away
September 2, 2021 Three South Florida Men Guilty of Conspiring to Launder Fraudulently Obtained Covid-19 Relief Money and Proceeds from Business Email Compromise Schemes
August 31, 2021 Miami-Dade County Employee Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Relief Fraud
August 10, 2021 Man Sentenced for Covid-19 Relief Fraud Scheme
August 6, 2021 Tulsa Man Sentenced for Applying for Paycheck Protection Program Loans under False Pretenses
August 4, 2021 Jury Convicts Former NASA Subcontractor of Fraud
July 23, 2021 Federal Grand Jury B Indictments Announced- July
July 22, 2021 Twenty-Two Charged in Connection with a More than $11-Million Paycheck Protection Program Fraud Scheme
July 15, 2021 Former Banker Sentenced to Prison for Role in Movie Financing Fraud Scheme, Falsely Applying for COVID-19 Loans
July 15, 2021 Emanuel County woman sentenced after admitting to defrauding program for COVID-19 small business relief
July 14, 2021 Local Entrepreneur Faces Federal Charges for Covid-Relief Fraud
July 13, 2021 Detroit Resident Sentenced In COVID-19 Fraud Scheme
July 12, 2021 Armstrong Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Defrauding the United States Out of More than $1 Million in Paycheck Protection Program Fraud Scheme
July 12, 2021 Southwest Georgia Resident Criminally Charged with CARES Act PPP Fraud
July 9, 2021 California Man Arrested For $3.6 Million Paycheck Protection Program And Economic Injury Disaster Loan Fraud
July 8, 2021 FBI Springfield Organizes Paycheck Protection Program/Economic Injury Disaster Loan Fraud Working Group
July 1, 2021 Oregon Man Pleads Guilty for Role in Covid-Relief Fraud Scheme
June 29, 2021 Four L.A. County Residents Found Guilty of Fraudulently Obtaining Millions of Dollars from COVID-Relief Programs
June 29, 2021 Former FEMA Employee Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining the Proceeds of Covid-19 Paycheck Protection Program Loan
June 17, 2021 Oregon Man Pleads Guilty After Pocketing Millions in Covid-Relief Funds
June 15, 2021 Augusta woman sentenced, ordered to pay restitution for CARES Act fraud
June 11, 2021 Two Charged as Co-Conspirators for Nearly $1 Million COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme and Money Laundering
June 8, 2021 Baker City Man Pleads Guilty in Covid-Relief Fraud Scheme
June 2, 2021 Couple Who Falsely Claimed to be Farmers Sentenced in $1.1 Million COVID-Relief Fraud
June 1, 2021 Broken Arrow Man Sentenced to Federal Prison After Fraudulently Applying for Paycheck Protection Program Forgivable Loan
May 27, 2021 Oregon Man Faces Federal Charges for COVID-Relief Fraud Scheme
May 26, 2021 Brooklyn Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Commit COVID-19 Relief Fraud
May 20, 2021 Virginia Beach Businessman Sentenced for COVID-Relief Fraud Scheme
May 20, 2021 Federal Grand Jury B Indictments Announced- May
May 19, 2021 Two North Bay Brothers Plead Guilty To Separate But Similar Pandemic Relief Fraud Schemes Netting Over $2 Million
May 17, 2021 Former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Micah Greenberg Pleads Guilty To Multiple Federal Offense
May 12, 2021 U.S. Secret Service Helps Recover $2B Through Investigations into COVID-19-Related Financial Fraud
May 12, 2021 Florida Man Sentenced After Fraudulently Obtaining $3.9 Million in PPP Loans
May 7, 2021 Stamford Man Charged with Fraudulently Obtaining Nearly $2.9 Million in COVID-19 Relief Funds
May 7, 2021 Irvine Man Arrested on Federal Grand Jury Indictment Alleging He Fraudulently Obtained $5 Million in COVID-Relief PPP Loans
May 6, 2021 Man Pleads Guilty to Applying for a Paycheck Protection Program Loan under False Pretenses
April 29, 2021 New Jersey Man Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Federal Prison for $3.5 Million Bank Fraud Scheme
April 28, 2021 Manhattan Man Arrested For $5.8 Million Scheme To Defraud Loan Program Intended To Help Small Businesses During COVID-19 Pandemic | USAO-SDNY | Department of Justice
April 21, 2021 California Man Charged with COVID-Relief Fraud Scheme
April 16, 2021 Virginia Beach Woman Sentenced for Defrauding Nearly 1,700 Victims in $1 Million Small Business Loan Scam
April 12, 2021 Tulsa Couple Plead Guilty to Bank Fraud After Applying for Paycheck Protection Program Loans under False Pretenses
April 12, 2021 Wisconsin Man Pleads Guilty to COVID-Relief Fraud
April 9, 2021 Man Sentenced for Defrauding Nearly 1,700 Victims in $1 Million Small Business Loan Scam
April 8, 2021 Colorado Physician Charged for Misappropriating Thousands from Three Different COVID Relief Programs
April 8, 2021 CARES Act Fraud Investigations Identify Twenty-Three Individuals Targeting Thirty-One Million Dollars
April 6, 2021 Suburban Chicago Tax Preparer Charged With COVID-Relief Fraud
April 5, 2021 Maryland Man Facing Federal Charge for Fraudulently Obtaining a $1.5 Million Paycheck Protection Program Loan and Attempting to Obtain at Least Two Additional Fraudulent Covid-19 Relief Loans
March 26, 2021 Justice Department Takes Action Against COVID-19 Fraud
March 23, 2021 Delray Beach Man Indicted For COVID-19 Relief Fraud, Allegedly By Using Identities Of Elderly Victims Residing At Senior Living Facilities
March 23, 2021 Three Defendants Charged In $1.6 Million Covid-19 Fraud Scheme
March 23, 2021 Queens Man Indicted for $1.7 Million Paycheck Protection Program Fraud
March 23, 2021 Swainsboro, Ga., woman admits defrauding government program designed to provide COVID-19 small business relief
March 17, 2021 Hialeah Tax Preparer Charged with COVID-19 Loan Fraud
March 17, 2021 Tax Preparer Charged with COVID-19 Loan Fraud
March 16, 2021 Dayton ‘investigation & security’ business owner sentenced to prison for COVID-relief fraud
March 12, 2021 Little Rock Woman Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison For COVID Relief Fraud
March 12, 2021 3 Additional Members of Alleged Fraud Ring Based in San Fernando Valley Arrested on Charges of Exploiting COVID-Relief Programs
March 12, 2021 Four Additional Members of Los Angeles-Based Fraud Ring Indicted for Exploiting COVID-Relief Programs
March 11, 2021 Repeat Fraudster Sentenced for COVID-19 Loan Fraud Scheme
March 8, 2021 Couple Pleads Guilty to $1.1 Million COVID-Relief Fraud After Falsely Claiming to Be Farmers
March 2, 2021 Broken Arrow Man Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Applying for Paycheck Protection Program Forgivable Loan
February 23, 2021 Pewaukee Man Pleads Guilty To Directing COVID-Relief Fraud Scheme
February 23, 2021 Man Pleads Guilty to Directing COVID-Relief Fraud Scheme
February 19, 2021 Buffalo Man Charged With COVID Relief Fraud
February 16, 2021 Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding the United States in Paycheck Protection Program Scheme
February 11, 2021 Couple Behind “My Buddy Loans” Indicted for Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft
February 10, 2021 Man Purchased Lamborghini After Receiving $3.9 Million in PPP Loans
February 10, 2021 Jefferson County Engineer Guilty of more than $10 Million Covid Relief Fraud
February 10, 2021 Brooklyn Man Charged with Conspiring to Commit COVID-19 Relief Fraud
February 3, 2021 Springfield Woman Indicted on Charges of Fraud Related to Small Business Administration COVID-19 Disaster Loan Program
January 28, 2021 Man Pleads Guilty to $2.5 Million Coronavirus Fraud
January 26, 2021 Santa Clarita Man Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining Over $1 Million in COVID-19 Relief PPP Loans for His Sham Companies
January 21, 2021 Man Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme
January 13, 2021 Texas man and woman behind My Buddy Loans charged with filing hundreds of fraudulent applications for COVID relief
January 12, 2021 Eastern District of California Obtains Nation’s First Civil Settlement for Fraud on Cares Act Paycheck Protection Program
January 7, 2021 Suburban Chicago Businessman Charged with COVID-Relief Fraud
December 21, 2020 Nevada Man Charged With Covid-Relief Fraud
December 21, 2020 Brooklyn Man Arrested for $1.9 Million Paycheck Protection Program Fraud
December 18, 2020 Two Men Charged After Fraudulently Applying for Paycheck Protection Program Loans
December 10, 2020 Little Rock Woman Pleads Guilty to COVID Relief Fraud
December 10, 2020 3 Defendants Arrested For Over $13 Million Fraud Scheme To Obtain Loans Intended To Help Small Businesses During COVID-19 Pandemic
December 10, 2020 “Diamond Enterprise” Members And Associates Indicted For Racketeering, Gambling, Extortion, Fraud, Money Laundering, And Obstruction Offenses
December 9, 2020 Businessman Pleads Guilty to Paycheck Protection Program Fraud
December 7, 2020 Arkansas Project Manager Sentenced in Connection with COVID-Relief Fraud
December 7, 2020 San Fernando Valley Man Admits to Fraudulently Obtaining $655,000 in COVID-19 Relief PPP Loans
December 7, 2020 Two Central Illinois Men Indicted on Charges of Fraud Related to Small Business Administration COVID-19 Disaster Loan Program
November 23, 2020 Macomb Township Resident Pleads Guilty In COVID-19 Bank Fraud Scheme
November 18, 2020 4 San Fernando Valley Residents Indicted for Fraudulently Obtaining Nearly $5 Million in COVID-Relief Loans for Fake Businesses
November 17, 2020 Seven Charged in Connection with a COVID-Relief Fraud Scheme Involving more than 80 Fraudulent Loan Applications Worth Approximately $16 Million
November 16, 2020 Dayton business owner pleads guilty to COVID relief fraud
November 13, 2020 Man Sentenced for COVID-19 Fraud Involving Paycheck Protection Program
November 12, 2020 Major COVID-19 fraud investigation results in charges in Augusta area
October 29, 2020 Northridge Man Arrested on Charges that Business Partner and He Fraudulently Obtained Nearly $2 Million in COVID-Relief PPP Loans
October 27, 2020 Washington Man Charged With COVID-Relief Fraud
October 23, 2020 Fraudster Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Loan Fraud Scheme
October 22, 2020 Seattle Software Developer Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud for COVID-Relief Fraud Scheme
October 20, 2020 Leesburg Man Arrested for $2.5M CARES Act Loan Fraud
October 19, 2020 U.S. Attorney’s Office Charges 3 with COVID-19 Relief Fraud
October 6, 2020 Florida Recording Artist and Pennsylvania Man Charged for Role in $24 Million COVID-Relief Fraud Scheme
October 2, 2020 East Bay Man Charged With Alleged Multi-Million Dollar Payroll Protection Program Fraud
September 30, 2020 Hawaii CEO Charged with COVID-Relief Fraud
September 29, 2020 Garner Man Charged With Fraudulently Seeking Over $6 Million in Covid Relief Funds
September 17, 2020 Ulster County Man Charged with COVID-19 Relief Fraud
September 17, 2020 Texas Man Charged in Miami Federal Court with Using False Payroll Documents To Obtain $1.2 Million in Covid Relief Funds
September 14, 2020 Federal Grand Jury Hands Down More Than 60 Indictments in September
September 11, 2020 Detroit Resident Pleads Guilty In COVID-19 Fraud Scheme
September 10, 2020 Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian Rabbitt Delivers Remarks at the PPP Criminal Fraud Enforcement Action Press Conference
September 10, 2020 Seven Charged in Connection with a $2.1 Million Money Laundering Scheme that Involved Money from the Paycheck Protection Program
September 10, 2020 NFL Player Charged for Role in $24 Million COVID-Relief Fraud Scheme
September 10, 2020 Two Brothers Charged With COVID Relief Fraud
September 2, 2020 San Diego Woman Created Fake “Employees” to Swindle CARES Act Funds; Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud Charges
August 31, 2020 North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Relief Fraud Schemes
August 31, 2020 Two Men Who Allegedly Used Synthetic Identities, Existing Shell Companies, and Prior Fraud Experience to Exploit Covid-19 Relief Programs Charged in Miami Federal Court
August 26, 2020 Nevada Man Charged with Using COVID-Relief Funds to Buy House
August 25, 2020 Man Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Fraud Involving Paycheck Protection Program
August 21, 2020 St. Paul Man Charged With COVID-Relief Fraud, Money Laundering
August 13, 2020 Two Individuals Sentenced For Bribery, Theft And/Or Embezzlement Of Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town
August 13, 2020 Nevada Woman Charged with COVID-Relief Fraud
August 12, 2020 San Fernando Valley Man Charged with Fraudulently Obtaining COVID-Relief Loans for His Sham Sewing Company
August 11, 2020 District Man Charged with Over $2 Million in Paycheck Protection Program and Related Loan Fraud
August 10, 2020 Middleton Man Sentenced for Perjury During Bankruptcy Proceeding
July 31, 2020 Former President of Cecil Bank Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges in Maryland of Bank Fraud Conspiracy, Receiving a Bribe, and Making False Statements in Bank Records
July 27, 2020 Florida Man who Used COVID-Relief Funds to Purchase Lamborghini Sports Car Charged in Miami Federal Court
July 21, 2020 Former deputy director of Signal Network Enterprise Center at Fort Gordon sentenced to federal prison
July 13, 2020 Washington, D.C. General Contractor Charged with COVID-Relief Fraud
June 24, 2020 Virginia Married Couple Arrested for COVID-Relief Loan Fraud
June 23, 2020 Collin County Man Charged with Covid-Relief Fraud, False Statements and Money Laundering
June 16, 2020 Illinois Business Owner Charged with COVID-Relief Fraud
June 5, 2020 Bay Area Hospitality And Automotive Executive Charged With Fraud
May 29, 2020 Man Indicted for COVID-19 Related Loan Fraud
May 22, 2020 Software Engineer Charged in Washington with COVID-Relief Fraud
May 22, 2020 Hollywood Executive Arrested on Federal Fraud Charges that Allege He Pocketed Money from COVID-19 Relief Program
May 21, 2020 Chinese National Arrested For $20 Million Scheme To Fraudulently Obtain Loans Intended To Help Small Businesses During COVID-19 Pandemic
May 15, 2020 U.S. Attorney McAllister Announces Kansas Covid-19 Fraud Task Force
May 13, 2020 Reality TV personality charged with bank fraud
May 13, 2020 Engineer Charged in Texas with COVID-Relief Fraud
May 13, 2020 Beware Of SBA Loan Scams, Government Officials Warn
May 5, 2020 First in the Nation to be Charged with Fraudulently Seeking CARES Act SBA Paycheck Protection Loans

 

Última actualización 8 de octubre de 2024