We recently looked at how deeply fraudsters tunneled into the government’s COVID relief programs, particularly in federally enhanced unemployment benefits and the Paycheck Protection Program. The losses are in the hundreds of billions of dollars, and the full amount stolen may never be known. We also examined the pathetic job that the government has been doing in terms of clawing that money back. But those weren’t the only programs being fleeced. Some of the COVID relief money found its way into the music and performing arts industries in a program called “Save Our Stages.” And it would appear that some of the beneficiaries really weren’t all that “needy” after all. This week, James Comer sent a letter to the Justice Department demanding an investigation into where the money all went and how much of it was taken by international organized crime outfits. (Sara Carter)Read More
The COVID relief fraud ran into the music industry
