A Seattle-area tech executive who attempted to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 disaster relief loans through the Paycheck Protection Program was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday. Mukund Mohan, 48,… Read More
A Washington tech executive charged in a scheme to obtain more than $5.5 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and launder the proceeds pled guilty on Monday. Acting U.S.… Read More
Mukund Mohan, a Seattle-area tech executive who spent time at Amazon and Microsoft, has been charged by federal prosecutors with seeking over $5.5 million in loans through the U.S. government’s… Read More
Baoke Zhang, a 35-year-old software engineer at ride hailing giant Lyft, is facing bank and wire fraud charges for what federal prosecutors called a “brazen scheme” to defraud the U.S.… Read More
Rita Hansen was losing sleep and grappling with anxiety. Like many small business owners and startup CEOs, she spent the past several weeks submitting applications and waiting nervously for federal… Read More
The $349 billion earmarked to help small businesses stay afloat during the coronavirus crisis ran out of money Thursday, less than two weeks after applications for the program opened. The… Read More
A small business owner in Seattle waited nearly 12 hours to speak with a representative at her credit union, seeking to apply for a federal relief program designed to mitigate… Read More