Richland, Washington – Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that HPM Corporation (HPMC) and its owners have agreed to pay $2,939,400 in restitution and penalties and to undertake additional responsibilities to resolve HPMC’s criminal and civil liability in connection with a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. The announced settlement also resolves the individual False Claims Act liability of HPMC’s owners and executives Holly and Grover Cleveland Mooers, who agreed to pay an additional $250,000 penalty from their own funds as part of the settlement.
HPMC is a Department of Energy (DOE) contractor that provides occupational health services for DOE and contractor employees at DOE’s Hanford Site. In April 2020, HPMC applied for and received a $1,344,700 PPP loan. Congress created the PPP in March 2020 as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, in order to provide funding to small businesses in order to mitigate the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic for small and local businesses. PPP loans were fully guaranteed by the United States, and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) may grant a small business borrower...
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