Former Federal Employee and Two Other Women Plead Guilty in Pandemic Fraud Cases
… Barrett, a former Small Business Administration (“SBA”) loan officer, pled guilty on August 11, 2025 to making false … fraudulent COVID-19 pandemic loans. “The Economic Injury Disaster Loan program provided critical relief to small … “Abusing authority to fraudulently obtain Economic Injury Disaster Loan funds betrays the trust of small businesses …