Pandemic lender fraud

Fort Worth, Texas — A federal judge ruled a group of small business owners can pursue claims against lenders that racked up more than $970 million in revenue from the government’s Payroll Protection Program, established during the Covid-19 pandemic, but failed to pay out the promised loans to the businesses and others.

Read the ruling here .

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