The Latest Breaking News from PPP

Congress Has a New Scapegoat for COVID Fraud: Banking Apps

Fintech platforms facilitated fraud in the Paycheck Protection Program, according to a new congressional report.

Reason · Dec 12, 2022

Cook County’s chief judge investigating court employees who got COVID-19 relief loans

Four workers in other county departments have quit or been fired this year while under suspicion of defrauding the federal Paycheck Protection Program.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 9, 2022

A congressional report says financial technology companies fueled rampant PPP fraud

Fraud in the Paycheck Protection Program, which gave potentially forgivable loans to small businesses during the pandemic, was largely due to financial technology companies, according to a new report.

WEKU · Dec 6, 2022

Making a comedy out of the world's crisis - The Prognostications of Mikey Noyce

A PLAY, a Pie and a Pint (PPP) – the acclaimed lunchtime theatre at the Oran Mor venue in the West End of Glasgow – has been on something of a…

The National (Scotland) · Nov 13, 2022

Patricia Murphy: The debate Herschel Walker needed

Herschel Walker went into Friday night’s debate against U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock with one job — to convince the Republicans still undecided about him that he is capable of the basics of the job of being a U.S. senator.

Tribune News Service · Oct 18, 2022

Millions of PPP Loans Were Flagged as Potentially Fraudulent. Many Were Never Investigated.

A new report takes an illustrative look inside the Small Business Administration, which was clearly overwhelmed by the obligation to push unprecedented piles of money out the door quickly.

Reason · Oct 6, 2022

Facing federal PPP fraud investigations, online lender Kabbage files for bankruptcy

Online lender Kabbage was one of the biggest lenders in the first year of the Paycheck Protection Program, processing more than $7 billion in loans.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Oct 5, 2022

The Ukrainian play caught in lunchtime limbo

EVER since it was founded by the late, great David MacLennan back in 2004, the lunchtime theatre A Play, A Pie And A Pint (PPP) has been…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 2, 2022

Police: Inmates got out of Illinois jail with pandemic loans

More than two dozen people have been charged in Illinois with fraudulently obtaining pandemic relief money, with authorities alleging some of them were behind bars when they used their relief money to post bond and free themselves from jail

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2022

‘My children saved my life’: the terrifying toll of a political scandal in South Korea

Exclusive: Dongyoun Cho, who resigned from politics after a storm over painful details from her private life, speaks out about sexism, suicide and social change

The Guardian - AU · Sep 18, 2022