Legal Alerts/Details

Paycheck Protection Program Enforcement Actions Begin
DOJ Charges Two Men for Defrauding Federal Government Under the CARES Act

May 11, 2020
Footnotes:
  1. Department of Justice, Two Charged in Rhode Island with Stimulus Fraud, Press Release, May 5, 2020 (https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-charged-rhode-island-stimulus-fraud).
  2. Jody Godoy, Feds Bring First Pandemic Relief Fraud Case, Law360, May 5, 2020 (https://www.law360.com/articles/1270622/feds-bring-first-pandemic-relief-fraud-case).
  3. Criminal Compl. at 14, United States v. Butziger, No. 1:20-mj-00033-LDA (D. R.I., filed May 5, 2020).  
  4. Tom Schoenberg and Christian Berthelsen, Justice Department Sees Early Fraud Signs in SBA Loan Flurry, Bloomberg, April 30, 2020 (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-30/justice-department-sees-early-fraud-signs-in-sba-loan-flurry).  
  5. Tom Schoenberg and Christian Berthelsen, Justice Department Sees Early Fraud Signs in SBA Loan Flurry, Bloomberg, April 30, 2020 (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-30/justice-department-sees-early-fraud-signs-in-sba-loan-flurry).
  6. Tom Schoenberg and Christian Berthelsen, Justice Department Sees Early Fraud Signs in SBA Loan Flurry, Bloomberg, April 30, 2020 (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-30/justice-department-sees-early-fraud-signs-in-sba-loan-flurry).  
  7. Jodi L. Avergun et al., COVID-19 Update: Meet the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery, The National Law Review, May 6, 2020 (https://www.natlawreview.com/article/covid-19-update-meet-special-inspector-general-pandemic-recovery).

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