The sentence comes after Mehlbaurer pleaded guilty on Sept. 24, 2025, to wire fraud and money laundering. Lopez was sentenced to time served. According to court documents, Mehlbauer and Lopez ...

A former sergeant in the Cuban military who obtained fraudulent checks through the Paycheck Protection Program was sentenced earlier this week to four years in federal prison.

Lonnie Smith-Matthews pleaded guilty to financial frauds including PPP loan deception and stealing a U.S. Treasury tax refund ...

The management company of the LaFontaine Automotive Group in Metro Detroit has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle an ...

Here's how a Brockton Veterans Affairs nursing assistant fraudulently obtained a COVID relief loan for more than $20,000.

A Massachusetts man who staged his own suicide in a bid to avoid punishment for defrauding the government out of $543,000 in COVID-19 relief loans was sentenced to more than four years behind bars.

A Texas woman formerly from Kansas City was sentenced to 18 months in prison for her role in a $250,000 COVID-19 PPP loan ...

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

A Southwick-based company has agreed to pay more than $2 million to resolve allegations that it improperly obtained a federal ...

A 33-year-old woman was sentenced on charges related to fraudulently obtaining over $1 million in federal loans intended to ...

Luxury cars, homes, jewelry and casino trips were among the spoils of some of the biggest pandemic era fraud cases, according to a CBS News review of five years of government records and data.