Feds Paid $38 Million in Pandemic Aid to 3,200 Dead People, Inspectors General Find

Feds Paid $38 Million in Pandemic Aid to 3,200 Dead People, Inspectors General Find
Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz addresses a Congressional panel in February 2023. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
John Haughey
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About $38 million in federal pandemic assistance was issued to Social Security numbers belonging to more than 3,000 dead people in 2020 and 2021, a U.S. Inspector General team empaneled to probe fraud reported on May 11.

The disclosure was posted by the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) in a follow-up to a February report that determined 69,000 “questionable” Social Security numbers were used to obtain $5.4 billion in COVID-19 loans and grants from the Small Business Administration (SBA) and through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

John Haughey
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John Haughey is an award-winning Epoch Times reporter who covers U.S. elections, U.S. Congress, energy, defense, and infrastructure. Mr. Haughey has more than 45 years of media experience. You can reach John via email at [email protected]
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