- 1Bob Coleman's new book, Easy Money, Hard Time, covers 19 cases of Covid-era PPP loan fraud.
- 2He previously wrote books on PPP's job impact (2022) and Main Street credit (2011).
- 3Coleman moderates an SBA lending panel at B2B Finance Expo in Las Vegas this October.
Bob Coleman, founder of Coleman Report, has published a book on fraud in the Paycheck Protection Program. Easy Money, Hard Time: 19-Covid PPP Loan Fraud Stories examines what its description calls the most shocking PPP fraud cases, exposing "the audacity, greed, and recklessness" of people who saw an economic disaster as a chance to cash in.
The author and his earlier work
Coleman has written two earlier books: PPP Saves Millions of Main Street Jobs During Covid (2022) and Money, Money Everywhere But Not a Drop for Main Street (2011).
Coleman Report serves small business bankers with information intended to help them make less risky small business loans. Its premium trade newsletter began in 1993 and covers analysis for small business lending professionals. The company also describes itself as the largest producer of training courses and webinars for small business bankers.
On stage in Las Vegas
Coleman will also moderate a panel on SBA lending at the B2B Finance Expo in Las Vegas this October.
Source reporting: deBanked.
