A federal judge will give former Phoenix news anchor Stephanie Hockridge an extra month before she must report to prison in the Blueacorn paycheck protection program loan fraud case.

The latest turn in a federal fraud investigation in Minnesota involves COVID-era loan programs through the Small Business Administration. The Trump administration is now focusing on Paycheck Protection Program loans offered at the height of the pandemic.

Without naming individuals, the report listed more than 100 state employees who received more than $2.8 million in PPP loans.

Fraud is usually found after the fact, once perpetrators have pocketed hundreds of thousands to billions of ill-gotten dollars. Washington pols on both sides of the aisle need to tighten oversight

Small Business Administration (SBA) head Kelly Loeffler said Monday that her department is halting annual grants to Minnesota, amid an investigation into alleged fraud in COVID-era lending

A Tooele woman was sentenced last week to more than a year in prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $177,000 in small business funds during the COVID-19 pandemic.