The Associated Press (AP) reported that the US government has allocated a total of $4.2 trillion to Kovid-19 aid.
In the report, the incident was described as “the biggest fraud in the history of the USA”, and it was stated that more than $ 280 billion of this amount was stolen and more than $ 123 billion was wasted. It was stated that this corresponds to 10 percent of the total aid for Kovid-19.
Investigators and experts, on the other hand, blamed the government for trying to distribute the funds allocated for aid quickly at the beginning of the Kovid-19 epidemic, arguing that there were few restrictions on applications for aid and insufficient oversight, arguing that this made the work of scammers easier.
THEY USE THE DEAD’S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS
The scammers used the social security numbers of the inmates and the dead in prisons to obtain unemployment benefits, and they did so in many states across the country, officials said.
“WAS AN ENDLESS MONEY POOL”
Dan Fruchter, Chief of the Fraud and White Collar Crime Division at the Washington Eastern District Attorney General’s Office, said, “There was an endless pool of money available to anyone here. People deceived themselves into thinking it was socially acceptable, if not legal.” used the phrase.
“An Unprecedented Amount of Fraud”
“This is an unprecedented amount of fraud,” said Mike Galdo, Assistant Director of the US Department of Justice’s Covid-19 Fraud Unit, regarding the theft of the aid fund. said.
It is stated that the Washington government has so far taken action accusing more than 2,230 people, including soldiers, priests, other officials and criminals, of fraud, and the investigation of thousands of them continues. (AA)