Cook County’s independent watchdog has rolled out another report finding four more county employees who fraudulently obtained federal loans designed to help small businesses survive the COVID-19 ...

There's that saying about roads and good intentions, and the Paycheck Protection Program is perhaps one of the best examples of this. In the early days of the country's grappling with COVID-19, ...

The SBA's Inspector General has highlighted $200 billion in potential fraud as loan defaults rise in Covid-19 relief programs. The agency disagrees. Businesses have defaulted on hundreds of thousands ...

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An independent watchdog has singled out more Cook County employees who fraudulently applied for pandemic relief, recommending firings in each case for violation of county rules around conduct and ...

In his office’s latest quarterly report, Cyranoski found an employee of the comptroller’s office, which handles payroll and other financial matters across the county, sought three PPP loans and won ...