WASHINGTON -- Fifty Las Vegas businesses received federally backed loans intended to help them recover from the post-9/11 economic downturn, even though a new audit concludes that most probably should not have qualified for the money.
A veterinary hospital, a tanning salon, a Quizno's sandwich shop, a barbershop, a child care center, a car wash and a dentist were among the Las Vegas recipients of Small Business Administration-guaranteed Supplemental Terrorist Activity Star Relief (STAR) loans, according to SBA data.
In an audit released right before Christmas, the SBA inspector general blamed top agency officials for promoting a special disaster loan program as one where "virtually any small business qualified."
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