"SBA is pausing annual funding to Minnesota while we investigate $430 million in suspected PPP fraud across the state," Kelly ...

House committee demands answers on alleged Minnesota pandemic fraud totaling up to $9 billion, targeting SBA relief programs ...

Small Business Administration (SBA) head Kelly Loeffler said Monday that her department is halting annual grants to Minnesota, amid an investigation into alleged fraud in COVID-era lending programs.

Trump official halts $5.5 million in Minnesota SBA aid, citing 'endemic' fraud under Gov. Walz's leadership in 2025 federal ...

A former Small Business Administration employee who learned the system from the inside and cashed in on pandemic loans for herself and others was sentenced Friday to over four years in prison for ...

In the months after 9/11, I was frantic. But my fears had less to do with the tragedy at the Word Trade Center and more to do with the fact that, after 10 years of rampant prescription opioid abuse, ...

45-year-old Rena Barrett of Covington admitted to making false statements on loans worth more than $550,000. Barret worked for the Small Business Administration but resigned after her fraud was ...

A Towamencin man is accused of using another person’s identity to fraudulently obtain a $150,000 federal COVID-19 disaster loan, then spending the money on personal expenses. Police said Clifford ...

Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, policies around the U.S. Small Business Administration’s lending program were loosened to get more capital into the hands of the enterprises that needed it at a quicker ...

The sentence comes after Mehlbaurer pleaded guilty on Sept. 24, 2025, to wire fraud and money laundering. Lopez was sentenced ...