Partner Majed Dakak quoted in article about alleged Payroll Protection Program fraud committed by ManPow LLC

Majed Dakak, partner with Kesselman Brantly Stockinger, was quoted in the Daily Journal article, “Relators accuse former employer of pandemic relief fraud.” The article examines the Payroll Protection Program (PPP) fraud alleged to have been committed by ManPow LLC, a nationwide real estate company. This week, a federal judge in Los Angeles denied ManPow’s motion for dismissal of the matter.Dakak represents the former employees who have brought the lawsuit against ManPow, alleging the company fraudulently applied for PPP loans even though it had no real employment expenses. The complaint states that the company “applied for and received two very low and fully forgivable Payroll Protection Program loans for a total of over $2.8 million.”“The relators here brought forth to the government’s attention the False Claim Act statute and what weʼve alleged to be a false claim being made by ManPow LLC when it applied for its two PPP loans,” Dakak told the Daily Journal. The full Daily Journal article can be found here: https://www.dailyjournal.com/ articles/ 369096-relators- accuse- former-employer -of -pandemic -relief- fraud