( ) -q-22- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “in multiple states.” An Associated Press analysis found that fraudsters potentially stole more than $280 billion in COVID-19 relief funding. [CutID: <Cuts> PANDEMIC-AID-GRIFT-house-q-MONam.mp3 Time: 22s Title: PANDEMIC-AID-GRIFT-house-q-MONam Out-cue: in multiple states] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. In addition, federal loan applicants weren’t cross-checked against a Treasury Department database […]
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How billions in COVID-19 relief aid was stolen or wasted
( ) -q-22- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “in multiple states.”
An Associated Press analysis found that fraudsters potentially stole more than $280 billion in COVID-19 relief funding.
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Out-cue: in multiple states]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. In addition, federal loan applicants weren’t cross-checked against a Treasury Department database that would have raised red flags about sketchy borrowers. All of it led to the greatest grift in U.S. history.
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VERBATIM: The report says another $123 billion was wasted or misspent. Combined, the loss represents 10% of the $4.2 trillion the U.S. government has disbursed in COVID relief aid. Fraudsters used Social Security numbers of dead people to get unemployment checks. Cheaters collected benefits in multiple states.