( September 16, 2026, 12:21 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in a press release that in partnership with the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the SBA Office of Inspector General, it obtained felony charges against almost 80 fraud defendants purportedly responsible for an alleged $100 million in intended loss through exploiting COVID-19-era loan programs under the SBA....