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Enforcement ledger

127 cases · built 10 Sep 2026

Every SBA fraud prosecution on this site. An em dash means we do not hold a government document for that case, and it is never filled in with an estimate. Reader submissions never enter the ledger and are never counted in a statistic.

Case.govSource class
Texas SBA Fraud4Agency / court record
SBA's $300K Palantir Deal After 6,900 Minnesota Suspensions—Unclassified
SBA OIG Recovers $15 Million From Banks, Not Fraudsters—Unclassified
SBA Suspends 6,900 Minnesota Borrowers in Massive $400 Million Fraud Scandal1Agency / court record
SBA Jargon Translated—Unclassified
SBA Sends $22 Billion Fraud Bill To Treasury Collection Machine—Unclassified
Meet Your SBA Agent—Unclassified
SBA Refers 562,000 Loans Worth $22.2 Billion to Treasury—Unclassified
The SBA's $200 Billion Fraud Crisis: How America's Small Business Lifeline Became a Criminal ATM—Unclassified
PPP Fraud Cases and Enforcement—Unclassified
Jacksonville Pastor Indicted in PPP Loan Fraud Scheme—Unclassified
Florida SBA Fraud4Agency / court record
A DeKalb County Corrections Deputy Stole $28,580 in Pandemic Relief Through a Fake Business. He Got Probation. His Wife, a County Board Member, Is Next.3Agency / court record
California SBA Fraud4Agency / court record
Trump Administration Moves to Abolish Women's Business Centers, SCORE, and Minority Business Programs—Unclassified
The SBA Inspector General: The Watchdog That Only Barks2Agency / court record
The SBA COVID Debacle Nobody Wants to Talk About—Unclassified
The 8(a) Program Audit: $550 Million Fraud Scheme Exposed6Agency / court record
The 10-Year Countdown: DOJ Extended the Statute of Limitations on PPP Fraud - And They're Coming For Everyone—Unclassified
Six Men Sentenced in $20M COVID Fraud Ring: They Bought Lamborghinis While Your Business Got Declined3Agency / court record
SBA Whistleblowers: The Silenced Voices Trying to Fix the System—Unclassified
The Ghost Contractor Scheme: How Fraudsters Exploited SBA Surety Bonds to Steal Millions—Unclassified
SBA Hires Palantir for $300K Fraud Surveillance Pilot to Police $22.2 Billion in PPP and EIDL Loans3Agency / court record
The Microloan Shell Game: How SBA-Backed Lenders Became Personal ATM Machines—Unclassified
SBA Fraud Statistics 2026: The Complete Breakdown of the Biggest Government Theft in American History6Agency / court record
🔍 SBA Brings in PALANTIR for Nationwide Fraud Hunt - You Can Run But You Can't Hide3Agency / court record
SBA's 8(a) Program: America's $40 Billion Fraud Magnet—Unclassified
PPP Loan Fraud Sentences 2026: Celebrity Names, Ex-Politicians, TV Anchors, and ATF Analysts All Getting Prison Time3Agency / court record
PPP Lender Co-Founder Gets Prison for $65M Fraud: The People Processing Your Loans Were Criminals3Agency / court record
PPP Fraud Celebrity Names and High-Profile Cases—Unclassified
PPP Fraud: How the SBA Let Billions Slip Away—Unclassified
Palm Beach Sheriff's Deputy Arrested for PPP Fraud: The Cops Are the Crooks3Agency / court record
Nigerian Fraud Ring Leader Convicted: $7.6 Million Stolen From PPP, EIDL, and Unemployment3Agency / court record
Man Gets 15 Years for PPP Fraud After Listing Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, and Jon Snow as Employees3Agency / court record
Macomb County Michigan Woman Sentenced to 27 Months for $3.3 Million COVID PPP Loan Fraud Scheme 20263Agency / court record
Kelly Loeffler Nukes Minnesota: 7,000 Borrowers Suspended, $400 Million in Fraud Exposed—Unclassified
Illinois Businessman Gets 6 Years for $55 Million Loan Fraud: The SBA Was His Personal ATM3Agency / court record
Georgia Man Becomes 12th Defendant in $3.39 Million PPP Fraud Ring: The Dominos Keep Falling3Agency / court record
Federal Probe Uncovers PPP Loans Flowing to Minnesota Fraud Network With Alleged Terror Ties3Agency / court record
Family of Fraudsters Gets 3 Years in Prison for Stealing $2.5M in PPP Money, But a Cop Who Faked a Business Gets His Record Wiped Clean3Agency / court record
Eleven Defendants Indicted in $2.3 Million COVID Relief Fraud Scheme: The Net Keeps Widening3Agency / court record
EIDL Loan Disasters: A Complete Timeline of Failures—Unclassified
EIDL 1099-C Tax Nightmare: When Forgiven Debt Becomes Taxable Income—Unclassified
Congressional Oversight: The Joke Nobody's Laughing At—Unclassified
Cedar Rapids Man Gets Federal Prison Time for Pandemic Loan Fraud: The Midwest's PPP Problem Continues—Unclassified
California Man Pleads Guilty in $15.9 Million COVID Fraud: Bentleys, Ferraris, and $400K Necklaces3Agency / court record
Blueacorn PPP Co-Founder Sentenced to 10 Years: $66 Million Restitution for Running Fraud Factory3Agency / court record
$47 Billion in COVID Loans Charged Off: The SBA's Collection Nightmare By The Numbers—Unclassified
14 Arrested in $25 Million COVID Relief Fraud Ring: The Feds Are Done Playing Games3Agency / court record
🚨 $1.2 TRILLION Under Investigation: "The Worst Kept Secret in Washington"—Unclassified
✓ 11 Indicted in Florida: The Family That Defrauds Together Does Federal Time Together5Agency / court record
SBA Fraud News & Investigations—Unclassified
SBA Fraud News & Investigations—Unclassified
PPP Fraudsters Keep Getting Caught Buying Mansions While Legitimate Borrowers Get Squeezed By Collections3Agency / court record
The Algorithm Doesn't Charge You. It Just Suspends You.—Unclassified
21 Months For $43,980. Eight Million Years At That Rate.—Unclassified
SBA OIG Wins Government's "Oscars" For 0.6% Fraud Recovery—Unclassified
SBA Turns Palantir Pilot Into A Permanent Fraud Dragnet—Unclassified
SBA Fraud Watchdog Marks 250 Years, Recovers $86.7M—Unclassified
SBA Fraud Screen Skipped Checks, Cleared $32 Billion—Unclassified
SBA Patriot Pitch: Small Business Policy As A Game Show—Unclassified
SBA Suspension Tour Hits Wisconsin: 150,000 Banned, Zero Recovery—Unclassified
SBA Ran A $50 Billion Program 50 Years, Never Audited It—Unclassified
The $22 Billion Time Machine To Punish The Past—Unclassified
The SBA's Palantir Dragnet Sweeps Up The Innocent—Unclassified
PPP Loan Warrant List Fear: Why The SBA Stays Silent—Unclassified
California's $8.6 Billion COVID Fraud Epicenter—Unclassified
SBA Mass Suspends Borrowers It Never Convicted—Unclassified
SBA Bought Palantir to Watch the Borrowers It Already Paid—Unclassified
The SBA Clawback Is Hitting Legitimate PPP Borrowers—Unclassified
The SBA Turned COVID Fraud Into Permanent Surveillance—Unclassified
SBA Watchdog: $200 Billion in Pandemic Loans Likely Stolen—Unclassified
SBA Disaster Loan Fund Ran Dry for Real Disaster Victims—Unclassified
SBA Tightens 7(a) Loans: Credit Score 165, Life Insurance—Unclassified
SBA Suspends 27,486 Ohio Borrowers Over $1.1 Billion—Unclassified
562,000 Collection Notices For Money That Left In 2020—Unclassified
562,000 Loans, Zero Reviewed: SBA's $22.2 Billion Referral—Unclassified
PPP Lender Clawbacks Run Until 2032 Under False Claims Act—Unclassified
Ohio's 27,486 And The 45-Day Clock—Unclassified
The Door Paid The Indicted: Minnesota's Fraud Network—Unclassified
The Gatekeepers Were The Fraud: Inside Blueacorn—Unclassified
The SBA's State-By-State Suspension Tour Hits Maine—Unclassified
SBA Suspended 27,486 Ohio Borrowers by Algorithm—Unclassified
Ex NYPD Detective Gets 48 Months for PPP Fraud Ring—Unclassified
The SBA's Palantir Dragnet Goes National After Minnesota—Unclassified
The SBA Suspension Dragnet: 111,620 Borrowers Guilty Until Proven Innocent3Agency / court record
Pastor Charged With Wire Fraud Over a $50,000 PPP Loan—Unclassified
SBA Disaster Loans Stall in Local Permit Offices—Unclassified
The Deputies Were In On It: Florida Cops Keep Getting Caught Looting the PPP2Agency / court record
SBA Hired Palantir to Watch Borrowers It Already Paid—Unclassified
Jacksonville Pastor Indicted On PPP Wire Fraud—Unclassified
SBA Sends $22 Billion in Suspected Fraud to Treasury—Unclassified
Sparta NJ Man Convicted of $2.1 Million COVID Loan Fraud—Unclassified
Eleven Indicted in $2.2 Million Florida COVID Fraud Ring—Unclassified
PPP Fraud Sentencing Wave Hits Three States—Unclassified
California's $8.6 Billion SBA Fraud Bombshell: Palantir Hunts the Survivors While $22 Billion in Fake COVID Loans Gets Dumped on Treasury—Unclassified
SBA Failed Its Own Cybersecurity Audit—Unclassified
Maine: 1,500 Borrowers Suspended in $93 Million PPP Probe—Unclassified
Omaha FBI Arrests Eleven in $2.4 Million PPP Fraud Case—Unclassified
Vance Task Force: 562,000 SBA Loans, $22.2 Billion Fraud—Unclassified
Palm Beach Sheriff's Deputy Charged With PPP Fraud—Unclassified
Southern Indiana Man Gets Prison for $600K PPP Fraud—Unclassified
SBA Disaster Loan Denials: The Borrowers Who Got Nothing—Unclassified
Five Indicted in $1.1 Million SBA Loan Fraud Ring—Unclassified
$8.6 Billion in Suspected California PPP Fraud—Unclassified
Shelby Township Man Sentenced for $2.5 Million PPP Fraud—Unclassified
SBA Hires Palantir After Minnesota's $250M COVID Fraud—Unclassified
PPP and EIDL Fraud Statute of Limitations Now 10 Years—Unclassified
PPP Fraud Sentencing Roundup: Spring 2026 Convictions Piling Up—Unclassified
Norfolk PPP Fraud: Brian Manley Jr. Sentenced 46 Months for $700K Scheme April 20264Agency / court record
Fresno Trucker Gets 14 Months for $1M PPP Fraud While Banks Get Nothing4Agency / court record
PPP Fraud Clock Extended to 10 Years, 96% Still Missing3Agency / court record
LOLSBA3Agency / court record
Ex-TV Anchor Turned PPP Fraudster Gets 10 Years: The $1 Billion Blueacorn Scam4Agency / court record
Blog Entry—Unclassified
SBA Fork In The Road Severance—Unclassified
LOLSBA3Agency / court record
LOLSBA—Unclassified
London Kentucky COVID Fraud Sentencing4Agency / court record
$9B Minnesota Somali PPP Fraud Network Federal Probe3Agency / court record
LOLSBA3Agency / court record
"Most Stupid Fraud in History": Illinois Tax Preparer Gets 10 Years in Federal Prison for Filing 1,500 Fake PPP Loan Applications Worth $14 Million4Agency / court record
Roanoke Woman Sentenced for PPP Fraud—Unclassified
California's $8.6 Billion Pandemic Loan Fraud Bombshell: How the SBA Let an Entire State Rob the Treasury Blind3Agency / court record
The SBA Just Hired Palantir to Hunt Down Fraud They Should Have Caught Years Ago3Agency / court record
SBA and USDA Data Sharing Fraud Detection Agreement3Agency / court record
ILLINOIS STATE EMPLOYEES STOLE $7.2 MILLION IN PPP LOANS WHILE LITERALLY BEING PAID TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC5Agency / court record