CHICAGO (WLS) -- At a Skokie pizzeria orders are coming in, but what the owner needs, like so many other small businesses, is financial help from the federal government to have hope of surviving the ...

Federal prosecutors claim that Carl Delano Torjagbo siphoned millions in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds and filed fraudulent tax returns to generate false tax refunds. On January 27, 2026, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- In Illinois, nearly 70,000 small business owners got loans from the federal government before Payroll Protection Program funds were exhausted, and some are now wondering how those ...

A Kansas City woman pleaded guilty to PPP loan fraud totaling more than $1.3 million.

The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was created at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to provide financial aid for small businesses that needed help covering payroll, rent, utility, and mortgage ...

A former Arizona news anchor has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for federal wire fraud conspiracy related to a pandemic-era paycheck protection program (PPP) loan scheme. On Friday, Nov. 21, ...