COVID-19
Watchdog finds 3.7 million potentially fraudulent COVID-19 pandemic relief recipients(The Center Square) – A congressional watchdog found more than 1 out of every 4 people who applied for pandemic relief through two Small Business Administration programs had potentially fraudulent… Read More
COVID-19
Watchdogs say federal unemployment fraud likely topped $191 billion(The Center Square) – Slightly more than $1 out of every $5 distributed in unemployment insurance payments during the pandemic could have been improper, mostly fraud. Larry Turner, the inspector… Read More
Crime
SEC charges FTX founder with fraud(The Center Square) – Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of defunct cryptocurrency firm FTX, was charged Tuesday by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission with defrauding investors. In a formal complaint,… Read More
National
Democrats’ second-largest donor Sam Bankman-Fried’s net worth plummets 94% after his company FTX collapsesDemocrats’ millennial cash cow is turning belly up, as his company collapsed and 94% of his net worth was erased during an election in which he donated millions… Read More
National
IG reports ‘historic’ COVID unemployment funds lost, Congress investigates(The Center Square) – As much as $400 billion in COVID-19 unemployment relief dollars were likely lost to waste and fraudsters. Lawmakers want answers. Republicans on the House Ways and… Read More
Public Education
Blame flies among Minnesota government agencies over $250 million fraud scheme(The Center Square) – After taxpayers lost $250 million in what federal officials deemed “the largest pandemic fraud" in the nation, the government agencies involved are blaming… Read More
State Government
Federal report calls out Illinois for not reporting unemployment fraud(The Center Square) – The federal government issued a scathing report on the Illinois Department of Employment Security’s failure to disclose misspending during the pandemic. A report… Read More
Crime
Mother, son plead guilty to $828,813 in Paycheck Protection Program fraud(The Center Square) – A woman from St. Louis County pleaded guilty to federal fraud and theft charges after submitting false information to obtain a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. Read More
Crime
St. Louis woman pleads guilty in $291,000 in federal COVID-19 fund scam(The Center Square) – A St. Louis woman who admitted to fraudulently obtaining a $291,000 Paycheck Protection Program loan in 2020 will be sentenced on Sept. 21. Porshia L. Thomas,… Read More
Opinion
Op-Ed: Unmonitored drop boxes, other questions continue to cloud election integrity – even in Johnson County, KansasMost of the media want you to believe that lingering questions about election integrity are the stuff of lies, kooks and fringe conspiracy theories. As ESPN’s… Read More
National
Federal payment programs get more scrutiny over waste, fraud(The Center Square) – House Republicans are demanding answers from the IRS on whether millions in taxpayer dollars are being lost to waste and fraud through a new Biden administration… Read More