IG says Illinois state employees made up businesses, lied about income to defraud federal COVID-19 aid program

CHICAGO — Illinois state employees fabricated hair salons, paid others to inaccurately fill out forms and drastically inflated income numbers for their side businesses in an effort to fraudulently receive pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program loans, according to recently released reports from the Office of Executive Inspector General. One Department of Human Services employee said on a PPP ...

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