OP 25 December, 2021 - 04:51 PM
The Secret Service estimates more than $100 billion has been stolen from pandemic relief funds. Often done by using a person's SSN or supporting information, people have been using Halloween masks and Barbie dolls to claim funds.
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Quote:Quote:Nearly $100 billion at minimum has been stolen from Covid relief programs set up to help businesses and people who lost their jobs due to the pandemic, the Secret Service said Tuesday.
The estimate is based on Secret Service cases and data from the Labor Department and the Small Business Administration, said Roy Dotson, the agency’s national pandemic fraud recovery coordinator, in an interview. The Secret Service didn’t include Covid fraud cases prosecuted by the Justice Department.
While roughly 3 percent of the $3.4 trillion dispersed, the amount stolen from pandemic benefits programs shows “the sheer size of the pot is enticing to the criminals,” Dotson said.
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