Delta Air Lines will pay $8.1 million to settle claims it exceeded executive compensation limits under the federal COVID Payroll Support Program.

Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) has agreed to pay USD8.1 million to resolve allegations that it awarded compensation to C-level executives and employees that exceeded limits the carrier had agreed to as part of its participation in the Department of the Treasury’s Payroll Support Program (PSP) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday that they’d reached an agreement to settle allegations that Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines had misused $81. million in pandemic relief funding.