Unified Care Services — PPP Loan Fraud
Skilled Nursing Facilities Chain Pays $18 Million for PPP Fraud
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
TL;DR: Skilled Nursing Facilities Chain Pays $18 Million for PPP Fraud This case resulted in a $18 Million resolution and demonstrates the impact of whistleblower protections in recovering funds from fraud.
Summary
A skilled nursing facilities chain, its affiliates, and its owner agreed to collectively pay $18 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they submitted false information on PPP loan applications and loan forgiveness applications. DOJ alleged the chain falsely certified that it was a small business with fewer than 500 employees when in fact the entities were part of a larger chain of facilities that all shared common ownership and control, making them ineligible under SBA affiliation rules.
Our Take
PPP affiliation fraud cases typically involve ownership structures that were deliberately obscured to qualify for small business programs. Insiders often have access to the actual corporate structure, cap tables, common management, and any legal advice about affiliation rules that was ignored. If you saw an organization break itself into pieces on paper while operating as a unified enterprise, the evidence of common control is usually in the operational reality: shared systems, shared management, shared banking, and shared decision-making.
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The summaries above are based on publicly available information released by the U.S. Department of Justice and are provided for informational purposes only. They do not constitute legal advice, investigative findings, or allegations by Disclosure Strategy. Our commentary reflects general, experience-based observations about how False Claims Act matters commonly arise and is not a statement about any party's liability.