Posted on 12/22/2021 3:31:20 PM PST by Rummyfan
Given the number of stories we’ve already covered here about people who have been arrested for defrauding the various COVID relief programs currently in place, one question has always remained. The fraudsters we reported on are only the ones that managed to get caught. But how many more are out there and how much of the taxpayers’ money have they managed to steal? Now the Secret Service is chiming in with at least a partial answer to that mystery. They’ve been investigating reports of fraud themselves and compiling that information with reports from the Labor Department and Small Business Administration. The numbers they released this week are nothing short of staggering. They concluded that at least $100 billion in relief funds were pilfered and that figure doesn’t even include all of the cases investigated by the Department of Justice. (Associated Press)
Nearly $100 billion at minimum has been stolen from COVID-19 relief programs set up to help businesses and people who lost their jobs due to the pandemic, the U.S. 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-19 fraud cases prosecuted by the Justice Department.
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Joy Bahar got a cut.
Don Lemon and Jake Tapper as well.
How much did the SS get?
It’s what happens when you shovel money out of windows
The Big Guy got his 10%?
/sarc
Whatever, this is probably a cover story for how dark programs are funded.
Exactly so.
Photo of three luminaries laughing....
Obama: And so then the Deplorable says “But isn’t everybody treated equally and fairly under the law in our system of justice?”
Bill: Barry, you’re killin’ me. Stop it.
Embezzled
And doctor, why does your clipboard have “Euthanasia List” at the top? I’m just in here for my mandatory government Annual Wellness Checkup.
Surprising, considering how easy it is for them to loot and pillage legally.
Oh wait, they are going after small businesses, I see know.
Smile...
I bet I can find it!
He was on the TV yesterday mumbling something about the virus.
Hospitals and physicians?
IMHO a low estimate.
Where is Hunter?
With Federal and State governments encouraging bad behavior… not unexpected. Nothing to see here. Move along…
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