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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
CST Editorial Board

Massive scale of pandemic fraud is a warning to prepare now, before the next crisis

President Joe Biden signs two bills to fight fraud in COVID-19 small business relief programs at the White House on Aug. 5. (Evan Vucci/Getty)

Three Chicago-area residents this month were indicted by U.S. Attorney John Lausch’s office on charges stemming from COVID-relief fraud, adding another tiny drop to what has become a nationwide tsunami of similar fraud indictments.

The tsunami could turn out to represent billions in fraud from some $5 trillion in federal relief funds meant to help Americans make it through the worst of the pandemic, as the New York Times reported last week.

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