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The Great Grift: More than $200 billion in COVID-19 aid may have been stolen, federal watchdog says (apnews.com)
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More than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large COVID-19 relief initiatives. That's according to new estimates from a federal watchdog investigating federally funded programs designed to help small businesses survive the worst public health crisis in more than a hundred years.

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[โ€“] Redhotkurt@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, no, no! You don't understand!! It was done too fast with too little oversight and lots of trust in the good nature of the people!!!

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[โ€“] hydro033@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Literally what the new York times said but ok. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/27/podcasts/the-daily/pandemic-fraud.html