SBA Expands Use of Palantir Software to Accelerate Pandemic Fraud Crackdown

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The U.S. Small Business Administration announced a new phase in its anti-fraud initiative deploying Palantir Technologies software to identify, investigate, and help prosecute fraud in pandemic-era small business relief programs. The collaboration formalizes the Fraud Prevention Pilot Program launched earlier this year, using advanced technology and artificial intelligence to surface data and leads, support criminal enforcement, and assist in recovering funds. SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler stated that pandemic relief programs saw abuse accounting for as much as 20% of the more than $1.2 trillion in aid, and the initiative will strengthen the agency's ability to expose fraudulent actors and recover stolen funds. The software will enhance data analysis capabilities to flag anomalies, identify coordinated schemes, and accelerate investigative leads, in coordination with the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, the Department of Justice, and other partners. To date, the SBA has announced suspensions of over 150,000 pandemic borrowers in five states tied to over $10 billion in suspected fraud, and referred more than 560,000 suspected fraudulent borrowers tied to $22 billion in loans to the Treasury for collection.

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