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Nearly $100 billion at minimum 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 Tuesday.

The White House is downplaying a statement by the U.S. Secret Service that nearly $100 billion at minimum has been stolen from COVID-19 relief programs.

The White House downplayed a statement by the U.S. Secret Service that nearly $100...

The White House is downplaying a statement by the U.S. Secret Service that nearly $100 billion at minimum has been stolen from COVID-19 relief programs.

The White House downplayed a statement by the U.S. Secret Service that nearly $100 billion at minimum has been stolen from COVID-19 relief programs, saying Wednesday that the estimate is based on old reports.

The White House is downplaying a statement by the U.S. Secret Service that nearly $100 billion at minimum has been stolen from COVID-19 relief programs.

National criminal organizations are preying on covid relief intended for struggling americans. roy dotson saw the fraudsters stole from the paycheck protection program. >> ive been in law enforcement 29 years and worked some complex fraud investigated for 20 plus years. i have never seen something at this scale. >> to date the secret service has more than 900 active criminal investigations related to pandemic fraud. theyve arrested more than 100 suspects. theyve seized $1.2 billion and returned ...

Looked at billions of dollars in ppp, the paycheck protection loans going out that were going to be forgivable, you and i said, man, theyre going to have to track this because there are going to be fraudsters in the mix. and alas, there are to the tune of 100 billion bucks? >> yeah, thats what the secret service is saying, and in fact, there are so many cases out there right now, theyve got more than 900 open investigations right now the secret service does, so they say theyre going to appoint a...

Tell your doctor about your medicines and if youre pregnant or planning to be. otezla. show more of you. . >> bret: as the merge and the world deal with surge omicron variant learning about the theft of nearly $100 billion with a b from the u.s. government program set up to help businesses and individuals survive the pandemic. senior national correspondent rich edson has details tonight. >> good evening, bret. trillions in american covid funding has attracted organized crime networks across the ...

The U.S. Secret Service said Tuesday that fraudulent coronavirus pandemic benefit claims are "nearing $100 billion," and the agency named its first-ever national coordinator to oversee its investigations.