How billions in federal COVID-19 relief aid was stolen or wasted
An Associated Press analysis found that fraudsters potentially stole more than $280 billion in COVID-19 relief funding; another $123 billion was wasted or misspent.
Richard Lardner, Jennifer McDermott and Aaron Kessler, Associated Press
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