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Half of the pandemic’s unemployment money may have been stolen by criminals and funneled out of the country

By Lawrence Richard
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Half of the pandemic’s unemployment money may have been stolen by criminals and funneled out of the country

Unemployment benefits handed out by the federal government over this past year may have been largely stolen by criminals.

As much as half of the coronavirus-related stimulus aid intended for people in the United States never reached them, according to some new estimates. Instead, it was pocketed by crime syndicates who mostly took the money and fled the country.

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