CNN Smerconish June 4, 2024 13:46:00
Convicted after stealing more than $18 million in covid relief loans to purchase free homes, luxury watches, expensive furniture and other valuables. alone they read like one-offs by an opportunistic criminal. to date the u.s. government has already charged more than 2,000 defendants with pandemic-related fraud and investigating thousands more. the yoond justice department for fraud enforcement calls it an unprecedented amount of fraud. how could such enormous amounts of fundings be divvied out unnoticed? investigators are attributing it to the government trying to provide quick relief. it lac...