The criminal trial of Hector Barreto, a former Small Business Administration head who's accused of treating two nonprofits he once led like a "piggy bank," got underway in San Antonio on Tuesday.

SAN ANTONIO — A former U.S. Small Business Administration chief’s criminal trial is set for April in San Antonio after a federal judge shot down a motion to dismiss the indictment, which alleged ...

In a surprise move, a former head of the U.S. Small Business Administration pleaded guilty Thursday before the start of the fourth day of his criminal trial in federal court in San Antonio. Hector ...

Hector V. Barreto is administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, and he knows first-hand what it is like to start a small business and build it from the ground up. “Everything important ...