Authorities recover $286M in stolen COVID-19 relief funds

By Tori Richards

Published August 26, 2022 6:33pm ET

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Authorities recover $286M in stolen COVID-19 relief funds — The Secret Service has recovered $286 million stolen by scammers from a COVID-19 recovery fund for small businesses. Approximately $87 billion in Economic Injury Disaster Loans have gone missing since the federal program was formed in the COVID-19 pandemic’s early stages, NBC News reported. The Secret Service announced Friday that it had traced the $286 […]

The Secret Service has recovered $286 million stolen by scammers from a COVID-19 recovery fund for small businesses.

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