Fraud

Some congressman was on TV claiming he is going after the billions in fraud stolen from the Covid relief fund. Much of that involves federal unemployment benefits. If you were laid off because of Covid and you were earning $1,000 per week you received $500 per week from the state and $600 per week from the Feds meaning you were making more by not working than by working. Some estimates by outside experts say as much as $400 billion, or nearly half, of unemployment benefits paid during the pandemic may have been stolen. How much will it cost the government to get back the extra money they paid to some laid off person who did not qualify for the Fed money.