Feb 28, 2022 | White Collar Crime
Since 2020, Chilivis Grubman attorneys have monitored and written about indictments, guilty verdicts, and prison sentences related to COVID-19 relief programs. In September 2020, CG attorneys wrote about then Attorney General Bill Barr’s instruction to the DOJ to...
Feb 22, 2022 | White Collar Crime
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the sentencing of three men in the Middle District of North Carolina for fraudulently seeking over $2.7 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) guaranteed by the Small...
Dec 2, 2021 | White Collar Crime
Mr. Tiyari Collins and Mrs. Farah Collins, a married couple, had pled guilty to tax fraud and fraud against COVID relief programs in an amount of at least $5.7 million in total. The fraud against the COVID relief programs was the result of fraudulent applications for...
Nov 16, 2021 | Health Care, White Collar Crime
Since the government enacted the CARES Act in 2020 to counter the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chilivis Grubman attorneys have warned about government enforcement actions related to CARES Act programs. One such program is the Paycheck Protection Program...
Oct 25, 2021 | COVID-19 Related Law, DOJ
The Fraud Section of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has prosecuted over 100 defendants in over 70 criminal cases and has seized more than $65 million in illegal proceeds from the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). The DOJ continues to pursue individuals who...
