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Given the volume of funds that were quickly dispersed during the COVID-19 pandemic, there were plenty of new areas for fraud and abuse. The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) initially set its sights on targeting the borrowers of such funds. Now, the DOJ is ramping up enforcement with the first ever False Claims Act (“FCA”) settlement with a lender of Paycheck Protection Programs (“PPP”) funds.
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Continue Reading DOJ Settles False Claims Allegations with the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) Loan Lender for the First Time

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Our colleague Lauren Petrin of Epstein Becker Green has a new post on Health Law Advisor that will be of interest to our readers:  “DOJ’s Recent Telehealth Enforcement Action Highlights Increased Abuse of COVID-19 Waivers.”

The following is an excerpt:

On May 26, 2021, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a coordinated law…

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Much ink has been spilled in recent weeks about how some recipients of Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) relief obtained their loans through mistakes or false pretenses. Now banks are coming under fire for their lending practices in connection with this hastily prepared and implemented program, which left them grappling with how to properly issue loans…