San Diego restaurant owner, Leronce Suel, was convicted of tax and COVID-relief fraud after reportedly hiding millions of dollars in cash in his house.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) released its 2024 report from the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force (CFETF), detailing the "widespread fraud involving many COVID-19 relief programs."
A real estate agent in Miami was sentenced to prison for using COVID relief funds from the government to get a Bentley, a luxury apartment, and cosmetic procedures.
Inspectors General from the Labor Department, Treasury Department, and Small Business Administration (SBA)testified on Covid-19 relief funding to the House Oversight Committee, stating that billions of dollars were lost through "fraud" and "waste" in what was "the biggest fraud in a generation."
As part of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) implemented during the COVID pandemic, Planned Parenthood clinics have reportedly received $80 million in funds.
Big law and accounting firms raked in $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed COVID-19 "relief" loans from the federal government while regular people faced economic turmoil, according to a watchdog report obtained by the Washington Examiner.