In 2020, the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) partnered with Treasury’s Office of Payment Integrity to evaluate fraud concerns for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) payments. Retrospective screenings were conducted to check for debarment and loan delinquencies or defaults.

Using Do Not Pay (DNP), the SBA OIG screened over 5 million PPP loans totaling $525 billion and 9.3 million EIDL and emergency grants totaling $190 billion and $19.7 billion. This resulted in identifying over $7.2 billion in potential improper payments. Because of this engagement, SBA has since onboarded to DNP to strengthen its loan oversight strategy and tighten fraud controls.

To learn more:

• Management Alert Paycheck Protection Program Loan Recipients on the Department of Treasury’s Do Not Pay List | U.S. Small Business Administration (sba.gov)
• COVID-19 EIDL Program Recipients on the Department of Treasury's Do Not Pay List | U.S. Small Business Administration (sba.gov)
• Evaluation of COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan Applicants on the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Do Not Pay List | U.S. Small Business Administration (sba.gov)