Tag: COVID Relief Programs

Former Olympic Speed-Skater Found Guilty of Pandemic Loan Fraud in Utah

A federal jury found a former Olympic speedskater guilty of fraud Thursday, ruling that the Utah native gave false information to banks to receive a fraudulent $10 million small business loan from government pandemic relief funding. Allison Marie Baver, 42, a retired Olympic short track speedskater who was on a team that won a bronze…


Comer Oversight Panel to Focus First Hearing on Fraud and Waste in COVID Relief Programs

Hundreds of billions of dollars worth of suspected waste, fraud, and abuse in federal COVID pandemic relief programs will be the focus of the first hearing convened by House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) in the 118th Congress. Certain to be a center of attention during the hearing will be reports of…