A federal judge has sentenced a Loxahatchee woman described as the ringleader of a South Florida Paycheck Protection Program fraud scheme to five years in prison. U.S. District Judge Federico A.

Federal prosecutors claim that Carl Delano Torjagbo siphoned millions in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds and filed fraudulent tax returns to generate false tax refunds. On January 27, 2026, ...

Ohio and federal officials have accused 14 people of stealing nearly $60 million through government programs and other fraud schemes.

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ/US Attorney’s Office Release) - A Roanoke woman who “orchestrated a wide-ranging conspiracy to commit wire fraud as part of a scheme to steal from the Small Business Association’s ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged four Ohioans, accusing them of participating in a fraud scheme to get $1.4 million in COVID-19 pandemic relief funds. The DOJ alleges the defendants ...

A Michigan man is charged with fraudulently receiving over $5.2 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans during the COVID-19 pandemic and using the funds for his personal expenses, according to ...

Anthony Silva, who served as mayor of Stockton from 2013 to 2017, postponed a hearing to change his plea in a COVID-era fraud case.

Top Trump administration and state officials in Ohio on Thursday announced several new anti-fraud actions, including indictments against 14 state residents on charges they defrauded the government out ...