GAO says Pandemic jobless benefits fraud likely tops $60 billion. House Republicans to start hearings

Pandemic jobless benefits fraud likely tops $60 billion. House GOP to start investigating next week | CNN Politics More than $60 billion may have been paid out in fraudulent unemployment insurance benefits during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report released Monday by the US Government Accountability Office. Tami Luhby CNN

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The GAO report provides the latest insight into the numerous schemes to steal money from a range of hastily implemented pandemic relief programs.

It comes a week before newly in power House Republicans plan to launch their first investigation into fraud in pandemic assistance efforts. The House Oversight Committee said it will hold a hearing on “the rampant waste of taxpayer dollars in COVID relief programs” on February 1. ...

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