Chad Kroeger, Post Malone, and Chris Brown photo collage
  • The US government gave more than $14 billion in Shuttered Venue Operators Grants.
  • One firm, NKSFB, helped its clients, including wealthy musicians, tap more than $200 million.
  • Court records show the firm worried about "perjury" and negative blowback before going ahead.

A major Los Angeles accounting firm that caters to music stars was privately worried that its artists could be breaking the law by applying for millions of dollars in pandemic-era grants from the Small Business Administration, court records show.