From Their Plates to Our Pockets — $250 Million Stolen from Pandemic Food Program

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From Their Plates to Our Pockets — $250 Million Stolen from Pandemic Food Program

The Justice Department charged 47 defendants on September 20th for allegedly defrauding a federal program that provided food for needy children during the pandemic, describing the scheme — totaling nearly $250 million — as the largest uncovered to date. The charges also underscore that criminals have been quick to take advantage of new programs set up by the U.S. government to curb fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, and they’re exploiting weaknesses in systems designed to quickly distribute funds.

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A Call For Effective Counter-Fraud Measures: British government fails on surging pandemic fraud

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A Call For Effective Counter-Fraud Measures: British government fails on surging pandemic fraud

There is a ticking time-bomb of Covid-related fraud across the U.K.

Matters have come to a head following a report from an influential cross-party parliamentary committee, which has said that the U.K.’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has lost control of the country’s major form of social security payment — Universal Credit. This comes after new figures showed billions of pounds were lost to scams during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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