Former SBA and IRS employee Attallah Williams is charged with embezzling $3.5 million from COVID-19 relief funds.

PPP loans are fully forgivable if requirements are met. EIDL loans advance up to $15,000 don't require repayment. Other SBA ...

The federal government has frozen a vast swath of COVID-era aid in Minnesota, triggering what officials describe as the ...

The $300,000 contract comes amid the Trump administration’s push to root out alleged fraud in Minnesota and eventually across ...

Hampton woman Attallah Williams charged in $3.5M COVID fraud scheme after allegedly using her jobs at the SBA and IRS to ...

The Minnesota Star Tribune has previously reported on pandemic-era fraudsters stealing from the Small Business Administration ...

Small businesses across the country took on debt to stay afloat during the Covid-19 pandemic. It might be hard to get out from under it. Those payments — which are starting up again now that Andelman ...

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said the Complete Covid Collections Act would help recover billions of dollars. The Small Business Administration would be mandated to send many loans made under the Covid ...

Loeffler says the SBA suspended 6,900 borrowers in Minnesota, adding they were approved for 7,900 PPP and EIDL loans worth approximately $400 million. The individuals would be banned from any future ...

The Small Business Administration has suspended 6,900 Minnesota borrowers after uncovering about $400 million in suspected pandemic-era PPP and EIDL loan fraud, and banned them from future SBA ...

The agency’s leader said a review over the past week flagged $400 million in loans to Minnesotans with “suspected fraudulent ...