Restaurant owner, customers react to pair allegedly defrauding Payroll Protection Program
The U.S Attorney's Office charged the pair with bank fraud and money laundering for allegedly defrauding PPP nearly $300,000.
Author: Peggy Lee
Updated: 10:34 PM EDT April 15, 2021
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — As restaurants and bars in Bloomsburg continue to struggle through the pandemic, many of these owners filed for the federal government's Payroll Protection Program, or PPP, to pay employees at their establishments.
That includes Justin Hummel, the owner of Brewskis Coffee and Bar.
He finds it hard to hear that two people are accused of setting up a fake company using the address at a house on Mainville Drive near Bloomsburg to scam PPP.