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Pandemic enforcement and suspension events: the 2026 timeline

Every federal action in the enforcement-events table in date order: 20 actions announced between 2026-01-02 and 2026-09-16, each with the figures its…

The table below is the 20 actions behind the enforcement-events table, in the order they happened. Where no held document establishes the date of the action itself, the action-date cell is an em dash and the announcement date is the only date the archive can stand behind. The figures column repeats the announcement's own strings; it is not a total and the rows must not be added.

Actions in date order

Action dateAnnouncedAgencyActionFigures the announcement printedRows
—2026-01-02U.S. Small Business AdministrationSBA suspension of Minnesota pandemic-loan borrowers6,900 borrowers; approximately $400 million dollars_usd2
2026-01-222026-01-22U.S. Small Business AdministrationSBA opens a review of Planned Parenthood affiliate PPP loans38 affiliates; more than $88 million dollars_usd2
2026-02-062026-02-06U.S. Small Business AdministrationSBA suspension of California pandemic-loan borrowers111,620 borrowers; 118,489 loans; over $8.6 billion dollars_usd3
—2026-03-16Executive Office of the PresidentExecutive Order 14395 establishes the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud1
2026-04-072026-04-07SBA Office of Inspector GeneralSBA OIG facilitates return of funds from two financial institutionsmore than $15 million dollars_usd; over 1,000 loans; $3+ million dollars_usd; $12+ million dollars_usd; over $86.7 million dollars_usd; more than $2.8 billion dollars_usd6
2026-04-072026-04-07U.S. Department of JusticeAttorney General memorandum creating the National Fraud Enforcement Division1
2026-04-242026-04-24U.S. Small Business AdministrationSBA refers suspected fraudulent pandemic loans to Treasury for collection562,000 loans; $22.2 billion dollars_usd; more than 560,000 borrowers; Fewer than 1,000 borrowers4
2026-06-042026-06-04U.S. Small Business AdministrationSBA suspension of Ohio pandemic-loan borrowers27,486 borrowers; approximately $1.1 billion dollars_usd2
—2026-06-04U.S. Small Business AdministrationSBA suspension of Maine pandemic-loan borrowers1,500 borrowers; $93 million dollars_usd2
—2026-06-24Pandemic Response Accountability CommitteePRAC reports cumulative Fraud Task Force results in its spring 2026 semiannual report134 subjects; 92 sentencings; more than $111 million dollars_usd3
2026-07-082026-07-08U.S. Small Business AdministrationSBA suspension of Wisconsin pandemic-loan borrowers7,800 borrowers; $375 million dollars_usd2
2026-07-142026-07-14U.S. Small Business AdministrationSBA expands use of Palantir software in the pandemic-fraud crackdown1
2026-07-302026-07-30U.S. Department of JusticeNational Fraud Enforcement Division announces Southeast enforcement actions17 cases; over $350 million dollars_usd; 12 defendants3
2026-08-192026-08-19U.S. Small Business AdministrationSBA refers past-due Shuttered Venue Operators Grant debt to Treasury$34 million dollars_usd; over $50 million dollars_usd2
2026-08-242026-08-24U.S. Department of JusticeJustice Department launches the National Fraud Detection Center1
2026-08-252026-08-25SBA Office of Inspector GeneralSBA OIG joins the National Fraud Detection Center as a charter signatory1
2026-09-142026-09-14U.S. Small Business AdministrationSBA nationwide suspension of pandemic-loan borrowers870,000 borrowers; an estimated $39 billion dollars_usd; 45 new states, six territories, and the District of Columbia jurisdictions3
2026-09-142026-09-14U.S. Small Business Administration; SBA Office of Inspector GeneralOperation No Doze: final 30-day demand letters to suspected fraudulent borrowersapproximately 8,000 letters; 30-day days; up to 28 percent percent3
2026-09-142026-09-14U.S. Department of JusticeOperation No Doze summer surge results announced at the Heartland Fraud Surgenearly 80 defendants; approximately $100 million dollars_usd; approximately 43 defendants; approximately $44 million dollars_usd; approximately 40 defendants; nearly $100 million dollars_usd; over 160 defendants; approximately $245 million dollars_usd; over 40 offices9
2026-09-162026-09-16SBA Office of Inspector GeneralSBA OIG announces Operation NO DOZE and its Western District of Missouri results14 defendants; $60,133,027.93 dollars_usd; $786,371.06 dollars_usd; Ten defendants; Two defendants; Two defendants6

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