Delta To Pay $8.1M For Executive Overpayments With COVID Assistance Funds

( August 5, 2025, 8:53 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — Pursuant to a joint stipulation, a Georgia federal judge dismissed a qui tam action alleging that an airline had falsely certified compliance with provisions of the Payroll Support Program, which provided financial support to the nation’s airlines during the COVID-19 pandemic, after the parties reached a settlement under which the airline was to pay to the government $8.1 million....