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Covid fraud: 17 Florida sheriff's office employees charged with nearly half a million dollars theft

Fri, 2023-10-13 12:14 — mike kraft
17 Florida sheriff's office employees charged with COVID relief fraud: Feds Seventeen people who worked for the Broward County Sheriff's Office are accused by federal prosecutors of taking COVID relief money for themselves. ABC News ABC News

...The defendants, who were charged in separate cases, allegedly received $495,171 in assistance from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program and used the proceeds "to unjustly enrich themselves."

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COVID funds fraud: Congressional comittee chairman ask Justice Department for more details; new charges in Ohio

Thu, 2023-08-31 10:36 — mike kraft
Ohio congressman asks Merrick Garland for info on misappropriated COVID-19 funds - UPI.com Congressional Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus chairperson Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding answers about alleged misappropriation of billions of dollars. UPI
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Covid related fraud: Federal jury finds man guilty of failing to deliver N95 masks

Tue, 2023-08-29 19:38 — mike kraft
Federal jury finds Michigan man guilty in $3.5 million fraudulent N95 mask scheme A federal jury in San Francisco has found a Michigan man guilty of failing to deliver almost $3.5 million worth of N95 masks to thousands of customers as the COVID-19 pandemic began. AP News

 

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U.S. Government watchdog agency identifies fraud problems in homeowner disaster recovery grant programs

Mon, 2023-08-28 10:37 — mike kraft
GAO Finds Disaster Recovery Grants for Homeowners are Subject to Fraud - HS Today GAO says the decentralized environment in which HUD's disaster block grants operate creates vulnerabilities to different types of fraud. GAO says the decentralized environment in which HUD's disaster block grants operate creates vulnerabilities to different types of fraud. Kylie Bielby Hstoday
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More than 300 persons charged with theft of milions from U.S. Covid emergency funds

Wed, 2023-08-23 17:24 — mike kraft
Justice Department announces charges against hundreds of alleged COVID-19 fraudsters Hundreds of people have been charged with the theft of more than $830 million in COVID-19 emergency aid following a nationwide operation conducted by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, the U.S. AP News

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Fake Arizona rehab centers scam Native Americans, officials warn

Tue, 2023-08-22 11:36 — mike kraft
Fake Arizona rehab centers scam Native Americans far from home, officials warn during investigations Hundreds of Native Americans have been recruited to addiction treatment centers in Phoenix from states as far away as Montana in a widespread billing scheme that mostly targeted Medicaid’s American Indian Health Program. AP News

 

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Covid fraud: Utah man posing as doctor selling fake COVID-19 cure arrested after three-year manhunt

Wed, 2023-08-16 10:12 — mike kraft
Utah man posing as doctor selling fake COVID-19 cure arrested after three-year manhunt Gordon Hunter Pedersen, 63, said his "structural alkaline silver" product made the virus "incapable" of infecting someone. CBS News

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Scammers are billing people for COVID tests they did not order.

Mon, 2023-07-24 10:14 — mike kraft
Are you getting billed for COVID-19 tests you didn't order? Here's what you need to know Unsolicited COVID-19 tests are being sent to people with Medicare as part of a national scam. What should you do next and what resources are available? Gisselle Medina AOL
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U.S. Covid fund fraud cases: Florida, South Carolina, Nevada

Fri, 2023-07-21 10:35 — mike kraft
Florida family found guilty of selling bleach as fake Covid-19 cure through online church A federal jury in Miami convicted Mark Grenon and his sons, Jonathan, Joseph and Jordan, of conspiring to defraud the U.S. and deliver misbranded drugs. NBC News
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Biden administration suspends funding for China's Wuhan lab

Thu, 2023-07-20 09:54 — mike kraft
Biden administration suspends funding to Wuhan lab The Biden administration is suspending all federal funding to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), the Chinese lab at the center of a controversy over the origins of the coronavirus, according to… nweixel The Hill

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The memo from an HHS official said the facility has repeatedly refused to provide documents and answer questions from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) about safety and security. HHS also told the lab it’s seeking to cut off funding permanently.

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