US Secret Service Investigating Hundreds of Fraud Cases Linked to Funds for Pandemic Relief

A member of the U.S. Secret Service on duty in Wilmington, Delaware on July 28, 2020. Mark Makela/Getty Images

More than 900 fraud cases linked to pandemic-related relief funds are being investigated, said a U.S. Secret Service statement issued Tuesday.

In the statement, the Secret Service added there was potentially fraudulent activity nearing $100 billion related to the relief funds last year.