While the emergency relief program was designed to help struggling small businesses stay afloat during the global pandemic more than a year ago, federal investigators claim fraudsters — including trucking-related businesses — took advantage of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s chaotic launch to vie for billions in government-backed forgivable loans.
Now, federal prosecutors are attempting to claw back up to $70 billion in fraudulent and ineligible pandemic relief loans obtained through...
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