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FTC Files Case Against RI Firm Allegedly Posing As SBA Lender; Company Claims Error

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A Rhode Island company is facing allegations of falsely claiming to be an authorized lender for the Small Business Association’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). District Court for the District of Rhode Island, alleged that the company, also doing business as SBA Loan Program and SBA Loan Program.com, and its owner John C.

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Bad Actors Emerge in PPP Lending – More Expected as Forgiveness Guidance Emerges

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Key Takeaways Like other federal relief programs, the PPP has become subject to fraud. The first federal charges of PPP loan fraud have been made – and they're unlikely to be the last. From 9/11 to Hurricane Sandy, and now, during COVID-19, federal relief funds aimed to help people rebuild after a disaster becomes subject to fraud.

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Report: 80 Pct. Of NJ Gamblers Place Wagers Online

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Mobile sports betting is quickly growing to a point where New Jersey is close to topping Las Vegas as the country’s biggest market, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday (Sept. Legislators in Rhode Island, for example, debated allowing mobile sports betting after extending it to casinos. at more than $40 billion by 2020.

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Three People Sue Apple Over iTunes Privacy Issues

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The plaintiffs, who live in Michigan and Rhode Island, are trying to get class-action status for the lawsuit. One of the allegations in the suit says the iPhone maker sold the plaintiff’s data to data brokers, who combined the information with other available data and then repackaged and resold it to marketing companies.

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Google’s AG Onslaught A Big Fizzle For Tech

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13) to Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google to get documents that might shed light on market dominance. Apple market cap: Who says there are no second acts in life? The debut of the latest iPhone iteration, new Apple Watch and new iPads, helps push the company’s market cap past the $1 trillion mark — for the second time.

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WePay Launches in the U.K.

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clients using WePay’s white-labeled, integrated service with fraud protection and compliance offerings. The company has also opened an office in Providence, Rhode Island to support extended customer support hours. Today the Palo Alto, California-based company expanded to the U.K. is a good destination. .”

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121 Of The Biggest, Costliest Startup Failures Of All Time

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But a few common threads do emerge, such as an inability to generate sustainable revenue, bad product-market fit, losing to competitors, and (of course) simply running out of money. And then there were some uncommon and more dramatic causes of failure, including: Financial fraud. The Top 20 Reasons Startups Fail. A most-wanted founder.

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