BusinessCoronavirus The great grift: COVID-19 aid thieves spent lavishly on cars, houses, islands By Deanna B. Narveson - November 10, 2023 FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailPrint A freshwater spring bubbles amid the mangroves, cabbage palms and red cedars on Sweetheart Island, a two-acre uninhabited patch of paradise about a mile off the coast of Yankeetown, Florida. … Already an INSIDER? Sign in.