but it also invited unprecedented levels of fraud, abuse and opportunism. In a year-long investigation, The Washington Post followed the covid money trail to figure out what happened to all that cash.

In 2020, Congress pushed through the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief ... rate in prosecuting those fraud cases. “The work by IRS Criminal Investigation provides a vital role in protecting ...

(The Center Square) – In a new investigation, a federal committee tasked with tracking COVID ... aid, lawmakers and organizations have held oversight hearings into at least $200 billion lost to ...

Kelly Jo Driver, 43, of South Carolina, pleaded guilty to fraudulent claims and was sentenced to five years of probation but ...

WASHINGTON -- In the greatest grift in U.S. history, thieves plundered billions of dollars in federal covid ... pandemic-related fraud crimes and is conducting thousands of investigations.

A bill to allow more time to track down and file charges for these massive fraud schemes is languishing in the Senate. For all of the five-year remembrances of Covid-19, few have paused to recall ...

For all of the five-year remembrances of COVID-19 ... most from the unemployment-insurance fraud scandal have learned “an important lesson,” a state investigator who requested anonymity ...

Walz creates state fraud investigation unit ... The myriad government agencies administering COVID aid lacked information-sharing agreements before the money went out, hampering a quicker response ...

Congress extended the statute of limitations for PPP and COVID EIDL fraud from five to 10 years. Legislation with bipartisan support has been introduced to do the same for other pandemic aid.