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 ...

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.

(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 ...

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.

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 ...

As investigations continue, lawmakers are pushing to extend the authority to pursue fraud claims with billions of dollars at stake. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous relief ...