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08/29/2022
Secret Service returns $268 million in fraudulently obtained COVID-19 relief loans
CBS News
The Secret Service has returned about $286 million in wrongfully obtained COVID-relief loans to the Small Business Administration, the agency announced Friday.
The federal small business loan program was set up to help small businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic's economic impacts.
Conspirators fraudulently obtained Economic Injury Disaster Loans with applications based on fabricated or stolen personal and employment information, the Secret Service said in a news release Friday. According to the Secret Service, conspirators used a debit card issuer to conceal and move the funds through over 15,000 accounts. The Secret Service worked with the debit card issuer, Green Dot Bank, to seize the $286 million.
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