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Real Estate/Development,
Civil Litigation

Sep. 15, 2022

Relators accuse former employer of pandemic relief fraud

“In spite of the fact that ManPow has no real employment expenses, it applied for and received two very low interest and fully forgivable Payroll Protection Program loans for a total of over $2.8 million,” said the complaint signed by Majed Dakak of Kesselman Brantly Stockinger.

A federal judge in Los Angeles denied on Wednesday a motion for dismissal of a lawsuit by former employees of a nationwide real estate company who are acting as relators for the government in suing over alleged COVID-19 Payroll Protection Program fraud.

“The relators here brought forth to the government’s attention the False Claim Act statute and what we’ve alleged to be a false claim being made by ManPow LLC when it applied for its two PP...

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