The U.S. government may have awarded roughly $5.4 billion in coronavirus aid to small businesses with potentially ineligible Social Security numbers, offering the latest indication that Washington’s haste earlier in the pandemic opened the door for widespread waste, fraud and abuse. As The Washington Post reports, the top watchdog overseeing stimulus spending—the Pandemic Response Accountability
Billions in COVID aid reportedly went to companies using ineligible SSNs
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