A former bookkeeper from Missouri admitted she devised a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program while awaiting sentencing in an unrelated embezzlement case involving a family-owned farm and trucking company.
Feds are attempting to claw back funds from trucking company owners and reality TV stars who vied for PPP loans.
Six people, including the owners of two defunct trucking companies, face multiple charges after federal prosecutors claim they submitted fraudulent loan applications to obtain $1.5 million in funds through the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday that it has charged Rodericque Thompson, 43, of Atlanta, Micah […]
Ugarte is already under federal indictment in another case involving a $280 million pay-to-play bribery scheme to receive lucrative FedEx Ground contracts.
