{"id":1141161,"date":"2021-12-22T09:04:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T14:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1141161"},"modified":"2021-12-22T09:04:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T14:04:35","slug":"enormous-scale-of-pandemic-relief-fraud-hits-100b-on-joe-bidens-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/enormous-scale-of-pandemic-relief-fraud-hits-100b-on-joe-bidens-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Enormous&#039; Scale of Pandemic Relief Fraud Hits $100b on Joe Biden&#039;s Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fenormous-scale-of-pandemic-relief-fraud-hits-100b-on-joe-bidens-watch%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1141161&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Cash-Handoff-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The U.S. Secret Service named a pandemic fraud recovery coordinator Tuesday as it frantically moves to stem stolen benefits draining upwards of $100 billion from government relief provisions.<\/p>\n<p>Roy Dotson, formerly assistant special agent in charge of the Jacksonville, Fla., field office will assume the role that will directly target organized criminal gang networks, UPI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/US\/2021\/12\/21\/covid-19-fraud-secret-service\/3801640118578\/\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe Secret Service currently has more than 900 active criminal investigations into fraud specific to pandemic-related relief funds,\u201d Dotson said in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.secretservice.gov\/newsroom\/releases\/2021\/12\/us-secret-service-names-national-pandemic-fraud-recovery-coordinator\">news release.<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cEvery state has been hit, some harder than others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Secret Service is using its Cyber Fraud Task Forces to partner with federal, state, local and tribal governments, law enforcement and others to deal with pandemic funds fraud.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme was originally set up to help businesses and people who lost their jobs due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Dotson&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/12\/21\/politics\/secret-service-covid-fraud\/index.html\">told CNN<\/a>&nbsp;pandemic fraud is \u201cenormous.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.7922848664688\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The $1.9 trillion \u201cCOVID relief\u201d bill proposed by President Joe Biden and approved by Democrats in Congress \u201cwill erase the majority of San Francisco\u2019s projected $650 million budget deficit over the next two years,\u201d the San Francisco Chronicle reports. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TQ4pzAOFWd\">https:\/\/t.co\/TQ4pzAOFWd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1369812617154400256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Secret Service has already seized over $1.2 billion in ill-gotten&nbsp;<a class=\"tpstyle\" title=\"COVID-19\" href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/COVID-19\/\">coronavirus<\/a>&nbsp;relief money as the year draws to a close.<\/p>\n<p>Dotson said the goal with this accelerated anti-pandemic fraud effort in 2022 is to maximize the investigative impact and seize as much stolen pandemic money as possible from criminal networks.<\/p>\n<p>While roughly three percent of the $3.4 trillion dispersed, the amount stolen from pandemic benefits programs shows \u201cthe sheer size of the pot is enticing to the criminals,\u201d Dotson added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Most of that figure comes from unemployment fraud. The Labor Department reported about $87 billion in unemployment benefits could have been paid improperly, with a significant portion attributable to fraud.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.5073170731707\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Restaurants owned by white men will be last in line for federal relief under President Joe Biden&#8217;s &#8220;Restaurants Revitalization Fund.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kdMeTOnC0r\">https:\/\/t.co\/kdMeTOnC0r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1390026644878921728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Secret Service said it has seized more than $1.2 billion while investigating unemployment insurance and loan fraud and has returned more than $2.3 billion of fraudulently obtained funds by working with financial partners and states to reverse transactions.<\/p>\n<p>The Secret Service says it has more than 900 active criminal investigations into pandemic fraud, with cases in every state, and 100 people have been arrested so far.<\/p>\n<p><em>UPI, AP contributed to this report<\/em><\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Secret Service named a pandemic fraud recovery coordinator Tuesday as it frantically moves to stem stolen benefits draining upwards of $100 billion from government relief provisions. 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