Category: Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC)

Feds Paid $38 Million in Pandemic Aid to 3,200 Dead People, Inspectors General Find

May 12, 2023
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About $38 million in federal pandemic assistance was issued to Social Security numbers belonging to more than 3,000 dead people in 2020 and 2021, a U.S. Inspector General team empaneled to probe fraud reported on May 11. The disclosure was posted by the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) in a follow-up to a February report…

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Energy Department Struggling to Monitor Billions in Spending After Budget Doubles

April 19, 2023
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is congressionally mandated to spend $32 million each day for the next 1,261 days to “exhaust” nearly $500 billion before a Sept. 30, 2026, deadline authorized under four Biden administration economic stimulus bills adopted since 2021. Two bills don’t include funding for compliance assurance, while the other two earmark…

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Fraud Watchdog Promises Prosecution of Feds Who Got Pandemic Unemployment, Loans While Working for Government

February 2, 2023
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Federal employees who fraudulently applied for and received COVID-19 pandemic unemployment insurance benefits while also drawing government paychecks will be referred to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for prosecution, according to a waste, fraud, and abuse watchdog. Asked by Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) “how is it even possible that there is nothing in place to…

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House Oversight and Accountability Panel Told Pandemic Fraud Is Biggest Scam in US History

February 1, 2023
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When Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo) asked if any of the three expert witnesses testifying before Congress on Feb. 1 could name a single government director or supervisor who has been fired or demoted as a result of the estimated $500 billion lost to waste, fraud, and abuse in pandemic relief spending, none of them could…

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