PPP fraud is 'worst in history': $200B stolen, splurged on Lamborghinis and bling
Almost one in every five dollars intended to bail out businesses during COVID was milked by fraudsters.
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Almost one in every five dollars intended to bail out businesses during COVID was milked by fraudsters.
The alleged con targeted the Paycheck Protection Program, known as PPP, and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan, the EIDL.
'The watchdogs are back,' said President Joe Biden as he announced on Tuesday that the Department of Justice will appoint a chief justice for pandemic fraud.
In total, the US government splashed out some $6 trillion in emergency COVID-19 relief funds to prevent economic disaster, and the firehose of cash attracted a flock of eager fraudsters.
Since April 2020, through the CARES Act, the government has provided billions of dollars in emergency financial assistance to Americans suffering from the economic effects caused by the...