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Couple convicted of $20 million in COVID fraud

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Posted By: LoveYourCountry, 11/17/2021 8:06:59 AM

We recently looked at a report showing that the new infrastructure bill is a prime target for fraud, with analysts predicting that as much as 15% of the money being made available will be illicitly taken. The bill contains very few provisions to prevent that from happening. Today’s story out of California should serve as a reminder that the last rounds of COVID relief were similarly targeted by thieves and the problem is still ongoing.

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This is what happens when we simply throw money at problems. Scammers/criminals find a way to steal from taxpayers.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: bad-hair 11/17/2021 8:29:37 AM (No. 980221)
Apparently the FBI was too busy attending school board meetings to keep track of thieves.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Come And Take It 11/17/2021 8:32:56 AM (No. 980231)
If you think only 15% will be misallocated, I suggest you go back and try to determine how much of the $787 billion dollars of shovel-ready money (that Joke was put in charge of) actually was used to do anything past put up signs with.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: seamusm 11/17/2021 8:56:17 AM (No. 980256)
15% of 1+ trillion? Damn! That's a serious chunk of change. Wish they could just save the legal niceties and mail me a check.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: padiva 11/17/2021 10:03:19 AM (No. 980342)
USA 'What a country!'
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Reply 5 - Posted by: snowoutlaw 11/17/2021 10:31:15 AM (No. 980377)
The whole bill is fraud so does it matter if 15% is illicitly taken? So what if some doesn't make it to the intended union bosses or lost in a soon to be bankrupt company, none of it will ever be used to help the average American.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Highlander 11/17/2021 10:53:23 AM (No. 980410)
The couple no doubt flew back to Turkey.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: SweetSweetback 11/17/2021 12:52:34 PM (No. 980519)
Loose bracelets? Inept. Check "Little Armenia", aka Glendale, CA. Or Eastern Europe. Not Turkey. Maybe the guys from System of a Down can give us leads. Or anywhere near a Nordstrom or an EDM Festival
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Miss Daisy 11/17/2021 4:37:02 PM (No. 980763)
They're probably in Armenia.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: mifla 11/18/2021 11:37:07 AM (No. 981511)
It's only taxpayer money. Plenty more where that came from.
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