And some of the companies the Associated Press located were underperforming long before the pandemic, including Wave Life Sciences USA, a Massachusetts biotech firm. The company has disclosed a combined $443 million in losses over the last three years, in part because it doesn't yet have a product on the market. (The company told the Associated Press that "the livelihood of our U.S. employees and their families would be severely disrupted if they were to lose their jobs or be furloughed.") Other recipients of the loans had been investigated by the SEC or paid fines to regulators. One data storage company in San Jose, Quantum Corp, received a $10 million loan although it paid a $1 million penalty last December over alleged accounting errors, according to the Associated Press. The company said it would've been forced to cut staff if not for the loan. Cover: Potbelly Sandwich Shop on October 3, 2015 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo: Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)