Kathleen Sullivan and Derek Shaffer of Quinn Emanuel. Applying PPP Loan Affiliation Rules To PE Portfolio Cos. Portfolio companies' eligibility for Paycheck Protection Program loans is complicated by their status as affiliates of their private equity sponsors, and uncertainty over how liberal and consistent lenders will b

Charged With PPP Fraud. Forbes (7/28, Erb, 9.71M) reports, "The Department of Justice has announced the arrest of a Florida man in connection with Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan fraud. David T. Hines, 29, of Miami, Florida, was arrested and charged with fraudulently obtaining $3.9 million in PPP loans and using t

s. The Washington Post (2/22, Gregg, 10.52M) reports that on Monday, the Treasury Department "announced...that it will make targeted changes to its Paycheck Protection Program pandemic relief loans in an attempt to direct more funding toward the smallest of small businesses." The Post says that "among other changes to the

returned indictments against Michael Leon Johnson and Olusola Ojo, who "were charged with conspiring to obtain loan proceeds from banks for federal Paycheck Protection Program forgivable loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration under the CARES Act." The men "created various business entities, fraudulently rep

that in June, "outlays were up 223% to $1.1 trillion, a record increase for any month," the "bulk" of which "was $511 billion for the government's Paycheck Protection Program, set up in April and designed to keep small businesses afloat by funding loans that are forgivable if certain criteria are met." The Washington Pos

in. The article mentioned that prosecutors alleged that the Bloom Firm falsely certified it used funds from the U.S. Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program during the pandemic for eligible payroll expenses, when it actually used the money to pay several workers who were ineligible to receive the PPP fu

returned indictments against Michael Leon Johnson and Olusola Ojo, who "were charged with conspiring to obtain loan proceeds from banks for federal Paycheck Protection Program forgivable loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration under the CARES Act." The men "created various business entities, fraudulently rep