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The Great Grift: More than $200 billion in COVID-19 aid may have been stolen, federal watchdog says

By RICHARD LARDNER and JENNIFER McDERMOTT, Associated Press,
Published: June 27, 2023, 12:55pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large COVID-19 relief initiatives, according to new estimates from a federal watchdog investigating federally funded programs that helped small businesses survive the worst public health crisis in more than a hundred years.

The numbers issued Tuesday by the U.S.

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