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The government continued to dedicate enormous resources to investigating and prosecuting fraud against COVID-19 pandemic relief programs in 2023. While we observed some civil False Claims Act settlements, criminal enforcement...more
On December 1, 2022, the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis released a staff report describing the poor performance of the financial technology companies that took a prominent role in administering the...more
In a June 3, 2022 court filing, Kabbage, Inc. (doing business as KServicing), a fintech lender, disclosed that it is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) under the False Claims Act. The investigation,...more
In March of 2020, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), a $2.2 trillion economic relief bill designed to provide emergency financial assistance to Americans in the wake of the...more
The Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) announced on April 5 that it had entered into six separate consent orders with individuals who were previously employed at a state member bank or bank holding company (“BHC”) within the FRB’s...more
Since April 2020, through the CARES Act, the government has provided billions of dollars in emergency financial assistance to Americans suffering from the economic effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, including through...more
With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States government enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The volume of assistance, totalling USD 2.8 trillion, provided financial aid to...more
Summaries of recent legislative and regulatory developments with respect to: •The SEC’s Examination Priorities for 2021- •The SEC’s Focus on Digital Asset Securities- •The SEC’s New Marketing Rule... ...more
As we approach the one-year anniversary of passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, we are getting a better sense of how the government will address fraud arising out of this legislation....more
The US Department of Justice announced the first civil settlement involving allegations of fraud against a PPP borrower. SlideBelts Inc. received a PPP loan under the CARES Act. SlideBelts is an internet retail company and...more
On Tuesday, January 12, 2021, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California announced the first, and long-anticipated, civil settlement resolving allegations of fraud involving the Paycheck Protection...more
The long-awaited Facebook antitrust bomb dropped on Wednesday, with the FTC and attorneys general from more than 40 states accusing Zuck & Co. of “buying up its rivals to illegally squash competition” in D.C. federal district...more
So . . . . Nice, quiet week while we were gone, right? Wall Street forecasts are always dicey, but it sure looks like Pfizer’s solid vaccine news (along with this weekend’s newfound presidential certainty) could make for...more
On Friday, July 17, 2020, Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery (SIGPR) Brian D. Miller and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) G. Zachary Terwilliger announced a formal partnership to pursue...more
On Tuesday, May 19, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released updated resources for employers, employees, and states to prevent fraud or misuse in the unemployment insurance system, including with respect to the...more
On May 4, the Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”) issued a paper entitled “Covid-19-Related Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing – Risk and Policy Responses (“Paper”). ...more
In this alert, we summarize recent guidance from federal regulators and self-regulatory organizations - including the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the Office of...more
Any financial crisis, especially one as pronounced as that triggered by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, puts companies at heightened risk for fraud. With $2.2 trillion about to be made available for financial relief...more