Feds say $45.6 billion in pandemic unemployment aid was likely stolen

Feds: Scammers took COVID money meant for hungry kids 02:11. An estimated $45.6 billion in pandemic unemployment benefits was likely stolen by fraudsters who used the Social Security numbers of ... Read More

The Most Brazen $400 Billion Unemployment Funds Heist In History - Forbes

Axios reported, “Unemployment fraud during the pandemic could easily reach $400 billion, according to some estimates, and the bulk of the money likely ended in the hands of foreign crime ... Read More

$100 billion stolen in pandemic relief funds, Secret Service says

Nearly $100 billion or more 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. Read More

Unemployment benefits: Were half of Covid payments stolen? Here’s ...

The other important unemployment story. Half of US states have decided to stop accepting the $300 federal supplement to unemployment benefits – they’d have run out at the end of the summer anyway. Read More

How billions in COVID-19 pandemic relief aid was stolen or wasted

Fraud in pandemic unemployment assistance programs stands at $76 billion, according to congressional testimony from Labor Department Inspector General Larry Turner. That’s a conservative estimate. Read More