SBA expands Palantir software use in pandemic fraud crackdown

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The U.S. Small Business Administration is expanding its use of Palantir software to identify, investigate, and prosecute fraud in pandemic relief programs.
SBA has suspended more than 150,000 suspected pandemic loan borrowers across five states, linked to over $10 billion in suspected fraud, barring them from future SBA programs.
SBA has referred over 560,000 suspected fraudulent borrowers tied to $22 billion in pandemic loans to the U.S. Department of the Treasury for collection, marking its largest fraud enforcement action.

Technology deployment strengthens fraud enforcement

As reported by SBA.gov, citing the U.S. Small Business Administration, the expanded use of Palantir software is intended to help the agency identify, investigate, and support prosecution of fraud tied to the Paycheck Protection Program and the COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan program.

The software enhances the SBA's ability to analyze large datasets, flag anomalies, identify signs of coordinated schemes, and generate investigative leads. The agency says the tools also help trace funds obtained through false or fraudulent applications for further action.

SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler says the initiative is aimed at increasing accountability for abuse in relief programs created during the pandemic. The agency is coordinating the effort with the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, the U.S. Department of Justice, the SBA Office of Inspector General, and other law enforcement partners.

State suspensions and recovery efforts expand

The enforcement push builds on the SBA's state-by-state actions against suspected pandemic relief fraud. To date, the agency says it has announced suspensions of more than 150,000 pandemic borrowers across five states, linked to more than $10 billion in suspected fraud.

Those suspensions include 112,000 borrowers in California tied to $8.6 billion, 27,000 in Ohio tied to $1.1 billion, 6,900 in Minnesota tied to $400 million, 1,500 in Maine tied to $93 million, and 7,800 in Wisconsin tied to $375 million. Suspended borrowers are barred from receiving future small business and disaster loans and are ineligible for other SBA programs, including federal contracting through the 8(a) Business Development Program.

In a separate enforcement step, the SBA says it has referred more than 560,000 suspected fraudulent borrowers tied to $22 billion in pandemic-era loans to the U.S. Department of the Treasury for collection. The agency describes that referral as its largest fraud enforcement action to date and says it remains focused on oversight, interagency coordination, and preventive controls in current programs.

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