Much of £11bn Covid scheme fraud 'beyond recovery', report says
The response to the pandemic led to "enormous outlays of public money which exposed it to the risk of fraud and error", a report says.
Last updated: 2025-12-10 17:29:16 ET
The response to the pandemic led to "enormous outlays of public money which exposed it to the risk of fraud and error", a report says.
The Treasury Department is currently investigating whether Minnesota welfare money stolen in a massive fraud scheme went to a Somali terror group. CBS Minnesota investigative reporter Jonah Kaplan has the details.
'Supposed legitimacy of students’ and employees’ religious beliefs'
A lack of anti-fraud controls in Covid support schemes is expected to be highlighted in the report.
Federal agents caught an elderly nurse running a massive fentanyl ring, packaging deadly pills in her home after financial struggles during COVID-19.
Minnesota is reeling from a fraud scandal involving $1 billion siphoned from multiple federal programs during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the past three years, 87 people have been charged and 61 have been convicted -- most of Somali descent. WCCO's Jon...