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IRS sent COVID-19 relief checks to dead people

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Reports have surfaced of the IRS paying out COVID-19 relief checks to dead people's accounts.

There are signs that people who died more than two years ago received payments.

Mark Everson, who served as IRS commissioner 2003-07, said "there's a real trade-off of speed versus accuracy in the processing."

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