{"id":33822,"date":"2021-01-29T07:16:09","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T12:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/?p=33822"},"modified":"2022-09-08T14:58:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T18:58:45","slug":"predictions-for-future-ppp-fraud-prosecution-by-doj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/predictions-for-future-ppp-fraud-prosecution-by-doj\/","title":{"rendered":"Predictions For Future PPP Fraud Prosecution By DOJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33883 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/PPP-Fraud-Prosecution.jpg\" alt=\"PPP Fraud Prosecution\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/PPP-Fraud-Prosecution.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/PPP-Fraud-Prosecution-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>[Law360 published the below article by Finch McCranie partner, David Bouchard, on January 25, 2021.\u00a0 The article concerns PPP fraud and enforcement.\u00a0 Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/white-collar-criminal-defense-lawyer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">white collar criminal defense team<\/a> is deeply experienced in helping individuals and businesses navigate government investigations, enforcement actions, and prosecutions.\u00a0 If you are contacted by a law enforcement or regulatory authority regarding a PPP loan or other business transaction, do not hesitate to contact our capable team.]<\/p>\n<p>By last August, just four months after the first Paycheck Protection Program loans were disbursed, federal prosecutors had filed 41 criminal complaints charging nearly 60 people with PPP fraud in cases involving alleged losses totaling approximately $62 million.[1]<\/p>\n<p>Without skipping a beat, Hannibal Ware, inspector general of the Small Business Administration, cautioned that such prosecutions amounted to &#8220;the smallest, tiniest piece of the tip of the iceberg.&#8221;[2]<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/predictions-for-future-ppp-fraud-prosecution-by-doj\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Predictions For Future PPP Fraud Prosecution By DOJ\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Law360 published the below article by Finch McCranie partner, David Bouchard, on January 25, 2021.\u00a0 The article concerns PPP fraud and enforcement.\u00a0 Our white collar criminal defense team is deeply experienced in helping individuals and businesses navigate government investigations, enforcement actions, and prosecutions.\u00a0 If you are contacted by a law enforcement or regulatory authority regarding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-white-collar-and-federal-criminal-defense"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Predictions For Future PPP Fraud Prosecution By DOJ &#8212; 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