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Hundreds of PPP Loans Went to Fake Farms in Absurd Places

by ProPublica - May 18, 2021

An online lending platform called Kabbage sent 378 pandemic loans worth $7 million to fake companies (mostly farms) with names like “Deely Nuts” and “Beefy King.”

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