SBA Fraud News & Investigations

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SBA Nukes 111,620 California Borrowers Over $8.6 Billion in Suspected PPP EIDL Pandemic Loan Fraud 2

February 7, 2026

California, the land of sunshine, tech billionaires, and apparently one hundred and eleven thousand people who thought the federal government would never come knocking. The SBA just dropped a nuclear...

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Macomb County Michigan Woman Sentenced to 27 Months for $3.3 Million COVID PPP Loan Fraud Scheme 202

February 5, 2026

There is something almost poetic about a woman who, upon learning the FBI was closing in on her $3.3 million pandemic fraud scheme, texted her co-conspirator that she thought she was "going on a long...

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Cedar Rapids Man Gets Federal Prison Time for Pandemic Loan Fraud: The Midwest's PPP Problem Continu

February 3, 2026

Another day, another pandemic fraudster heading to federal prison. This time it's a Cedar Rapids man who thought he could game the system and walk away rich. Spoiler alert: he couldn't.

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BREAKING

Federal Probe Uncovers PPP Loans Flowing to Minnesota Fraud Network With Alleged Terror Ties

February 3, 2026

I thought the PPP fraud story couldn't get any worse. I was wrong. The SBA just confirmed it's investigating links between the billion-dollar Minnesota COVID fraud scheme and the Paycheck Protection...

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Palm Beach Sheriff's Deputy Arrested for PPP Fraud: The Cops Are the Crooks

February 3, 2026

Here's something that'll make your blood boil: the same people we trust to uphold the law are apparently just as eager to rob the pandemic relief system blind as everyone else. Bedson Raymond, a...

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FRAUD ROUNDUP

PPP Loan Fraud Sentences 2026: Celebrity Names, Ex-Politicians, TV Anchors, and ATF Analysts All Get

February 2, 2026

The Department of Justice's PPP fraud dragnet keeps pulling in increasingly absurd catches. In just the past few weeks, we've seen a man get 15 years for listing Keanu Reeves and Jon Snow on his...

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YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS UP

Man Gets 15 Years for PPP Fraud After Listing Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, and Jon Snow as Employees

February 1, 2026

In the endless parade of pandemic fraud stupidity, we finally have a champion. A Marietta, Georgia man has been sentenced to nearly 15 years in federal prison for a $13 million PPP and tax fraud...

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BREAKING NEWS

SBA Nukes 1,091 Firms From 8(a) Program: 25% of Participants Suspended in Mass Purge

January 30, 2026

The SBA just dropped another bomb. Administrator Kelly Loeffler announced that 1,091 companies have been suspended from the 8(a) Business Development Program. That's not a typo. That's 25% of all...

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BREAKING NEWS

Kelly Loeffler Nukes Minnesota: 7,000 Borrowers Suspended, $400 Million in Fraud Exposed

January 20, 2026

The SBA just dropped a nuclear bomb on Minnesota's pandemic relief fraud problem. Administrator Kelly Loeffler announced that her agency has suspended 6,900 Minnesota borrowers who received...

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DOJ PROSECUTION

Nigerian Fraud Ring Leader Convicted: $7.6 Million Stolen From PPP, EIDL, and Unemployment

January 19, 2026

The Department of Justice just secured another major conviction in the ongoing war against pandemic relief fraud. Ikponmwosa Erhinmwinrose, 39, of Atlanta, Georgia, was found guilty by a federal jury...

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INVESTIGATION

Eleven Defendants Indicted in $2.3 Million COVID Relief Fraud Scheme: The Net Keeps Widening

January 19, 2026

Federal prosecutors announced that eleven individuals have been indicted for their roles in a scheme to defraud the SBA by submitting false and fraudulent EIDL and PPP applications. The defendants,...

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OIG REPORT

$47 Billion in COVID Loans Charged Off: The SBA's Collection Nightmare By The Numbers

January 19, 2026

The SBA's Office of Inspector General just released another damning report on the agency's COVID-19 loan collection efforts. The numbers are staggering: $47 billion in COVID-19 EIDLs have been...

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