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Theft of COVID relief funds close to $100B

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Criminals have stolen close to $100 billion in pandemic relief funds, the U.S. Secret Service announced.

Roughly $2.3 billion in stolen funds have been recovered to date. Around 100 suspects have been arrested.

Since early 2020, the federal government has issued $3.5 trillion in COVID-19 relief funds.

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