US_ Starved of cash and authority, investigators begin to shut down pandemic fraud cases

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Starved of cash and authority, investigators begin to shut down pandemic fraud cases

Then-President Donald J. Trump’s name is printed on a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak in this April 23, 2020 photo taken in San Antonio. Early in the pandemic, … more >


By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Sunday, June 2, 2024


A federal inspector general sent a stark warning to Congress, saying they are leaving a massive amount of stolen taxpayer money in scammers’ pockets because lawmakers haven’t extended the statute of limitation on pandemic unemployment fraud.

Labor Department Inspector General Larry D. Turner said he’s already let staff go, shut down some potential cases and put 150,000 cases on hold as he waits to see whether Congress gives him more money and more time to complete the investigations.

As a result, the OIG has been forced to wind down its pandemic oversight work.

“I remain concerned that these actions will have detrimental results, thus leading to fewer OIG audits and recommendations, lost opportunities to hold fraudsters accountable, and hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars left unrecovered,” Mr. Turner said last week in his latest semiannual report to Congress.

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