5 Cook County workers, 4 MWRD employees accused of PPP fraud – CBS2 (Chicago)

A new report from Cook County's inspector general outlines fraud allegations against five county employees and four employees at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District accused of fraudulently obtaining Paycheck Protection Program loans between $9,000 and $82,000. The inspector general recommended all of the employees be fired. One already has resigned.
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Goodgulf Greyteeth
2 years ago

Might be easier for the media to simply report on all of the PPP loans that actually went to small businesses that used them properly.

Seems like that’s probably a much smaller group than all of the loans that went to people who lied to steal tax dollars.

Here’s another that’ll make you grind your teeth.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/7/14/23794497/debtstoppers-semrad-law-bankruptcy-ppp-payroll-protection-plan-bulgaria-covid-debt-foreclosure

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