Watchdog: COVID pandemic unemployment fraud was up to $135B

ABOUT 15 PERCENT OF ALL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS DOLED OUT BY THE GOVERNMENT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC HAS BEEN **ILLEGALLY CLAIMED.

THAT’S ABOUT 135 BILLION DOLLARS OF THE **900 BILLION IN BENEFITS PAID FROM APRIL OF 2020 TO MAY 2023.

THIS REVELATION COMING FROM A GOVERNMENT WATCHDOG AGENCY THIS WEEK –

POINTS TO A FLAWED EXPEDITED PROCESS IN PAYING OUT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AT A TIME CLAIMS ROSE DURING COVID-19.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MADE IT EASIER FOR AMERICANS TO APPLY FOR AND RECEIVE BENEFITS AFTER THE PANDEMIC HIT –

EXTENDING AND EXPANDING THE GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE RELIEF–

**MEANT FOR THOSE WHO LOST THEIR JOBS DUE TO COVID.

BUT THE ROLL OUT OF NEW RELIEF **INCREASED THE RISK FOR FRAUDULENT CLAIMS TO MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

SO MUCH SO THAT OFFICIALS IN THE “GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE” BELIEVE WE’LL NEVER KNOW THE FULL SCOPE OF THE FRAUD.

THE WATCHDOG AGENCY SAYS THE GOVERNMENT’S URGENCY TO QUICKLY GET COVID RELIEF MONEY OUT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE –

WAS DONE WITH LITTLE OVERSIGHT AND FEW STRINGS ATTACHED.

THE INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED WITH AN ESTIMATED 15 PERCENT OF CLAIMS WRONGFULLY PAID.

THE LABOR DEPARTMENT DISPUTES THE WATCHDOG’S REPORT AND CONCLUSION, QUESTIONING THE STUDY’S METHODOLOGY AND ASSERTING THAT THE ESTIMATED 

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN HEAVILY SCRUTINIZED FOR ALLOWING 

**HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TAXPAYER MONEY GO TOWARD FRAUDULENT SCHEMES IN THE NAME OF “COVID RELIEF.”

NOT ONLY WERE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS WRONGFULLY GIVEN OUT AT A STAGGERING AMOUNT –

BUT MORE THAN **TWO HUNDRED BILLION IN COVID RELIEF LOANS AND GRANTS WERE ALSO FRAUDULENTLY SPENT.

ACCORDING TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION –

THAT’S NEARLY 20 PERCENT OF ALL LOANS DISBURSED DURING THE PANDEMIC –

FROM MARCH 2020 TO JANUARY 2022.