CARES Act

Red Power Ranger, cohorts charged with paycheck protection fraud

Nineteen individuals, including one known to prosecutors as Red Power Ranger, are named in a federal indictment charging them with violations in the Eastern District of Texas, U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston announced May 18.

Beaumont engineer sentenced for $13 million COVID-relief fraud

Beaumont engineer Shashank Rai, 31, has been sentenced for his participation in a scheme to file two fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $13 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid,...

Additional $600 federal unemployment benefit to end July 25

Though other CARES Act benefits meant to mitigate financial losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will continue through December, the Texas Workforce Commission sent out a reminder to claimants on July 13 that the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) ends the week of July 25, meaning...