Former WVU football player facing COVID pandemic relief fraud charges
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The amount of COVID relief fraud is staggering. Like hundreds of billions huge.

Unemployment Insurance: Estimated Amount of Fraud During Pandemic Likely Between $100 Billion and $135 Billion
We estimate that fraud accounted for 11-15% of the total amount of unemployment insurance benefits paid during the pandemic. In that time frame, the...
Based on statistical sampling and imputation techniques, GAO estimates that the amount of fraud in unemployment insurance (UI) programs during the COVID-19 pandemic was likely between $100 billion and $135 billion.