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  • Hundreds Of Illinois Public Workers Implicated In Pandemic Fraud

    12/30/2025 2:03:47 AM PST · by texas booster · 23 replies
    The Daily Wire ^ | Dec 29 2025 | Hank Berrien
    Illinois just gained another data point for its reputation for public corruption. New revelations found that nearly 400 state employees improperly obtained federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans intended to keep small businesses afloat during the pandemic. PPP was created as part of the CARES Act to provide federally backed, forgivable loans to small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was signed into law on March 27, 2020. According to the Illinois Office of the Executive Inspector General, investigators found “reasonable cause” in 378 PPP-fraud cases involving state workers through June 2025 — about three-quarters of all cases reviewed, the...