Tag: Paycheck Protection Program

Tauheed Salik Wilder, Unemployment Insurance and PPP Fraud, Michigan 2022
⏱ 2 min read A Detroit scammer’s brazen scheme to bilk taxpayers out of $1.9M in unemployment insurance and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds has ended with a guilty plea. Tauheed Salik Wilder, 43, ripped off hundreds of false claims for unemployment insurance benefits in multiple states, including Michigan and California, using the names and…

Randon Williams, PPP Loan Fraud, Michigan 2020
⏱ 2 min read A brazen scheme to swindle $5 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans from the US Small Business Administration has landed a West Bloomfield man in hot water. Randon ‘Romero’ Williams, 40, allegedly applied for six applications across six businesses, claiming they employed up to 75 individuals and reported monthly payroll…

Andre K. Johnson, PPP Fraud, Illinois 2020
In recent news, a man from Peoria, Illinois, has been sentenced to probation for involvement in Paycheck Protection Program fraud. Learn more here.

Yunior Barrera Almaguer, PPP Fraud, California 2023
Seven people have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in a COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program fraud scheme, resulting in approximately $9 million in fraudulently obtained loans. They will also pay restitution amounts ranging from $381,600 to $9,007,887.
