US firms return virus loans as Treasury threatens penalties
FILE - In this April 21, 2020, file photo Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. More than 40 public companies are pledging to return money to the government's small business coronavirus fund now that Mnuchin is threatening criminal prosecutions for violating the rules of the program. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

FILE - In this April 21, 2020, file photo Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. More than 40 public companies are pledging to return money to the government's small business coronavirus fund now that Mnuchin is threatening criminal prosecutions for violating the rules of the program. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

May. 06, 2020 01:44 PM EDT
FILE - In this April 21, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump listens as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. More than 40 public companies are pledging to return money to the government's small business coronavirus fund now that Mnuchin is threatening criminal prosecutions for violating the rules of the program. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

FILE - In this April 21, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump listens as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. More than 40 public companies are pledging to return money to the government's small business coronavirus fund now that Mnuchin is threatening criminal prosecutions for violating the rules of the program. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

May. 06, 2020 01:45 PM EDT