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Small Business Administration Must Do More to Address Fraud, Payment Risks: GAO Official

An official at the watchdog agency said COVID-19 relief programs were one of the most susceptible places for fraud and improper payments.
Small Business Administration Must Do More to Address Fraud, Payment Risks: GAO Official
The U.S. Government Accountability Office building in Washington on May 22, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
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Although the public health emergency from the COVID-19 pandemic is over, some government programs are still in place and being taken advantage of, a senior official from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) told the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on Dec. 10

“Fraud risks and improper payments didn’t disappear with the end of the public health emergency,” Courtney LaFountain, acting director of Financial Markets and Community Investments at the GAO, told the committee.

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