Biden proposes sweeping $1.6B crackdown on pandemic aid fraudsters: 'You cannot hide'
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President Biden rolled out a $1.6 billion proposal on Thursday to go after COVID-19 pandemic scammers, prevent identity theft and provide assistance to victims of Unemployment Insurance and PPP loan fraud.
"There's no question when the Biden administration walked in the door, we inherited a historic degree of fraud due to the pandemic programs designed and administered at the onset of the pandemic," said Gene Sperling, a senior adviser to the president who is coordinating the implementation of Biden's COVID-19 relief law. Chris Pandolfo is a writer for Fox News Digital. Send tips to chris.pandolfo@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @ChrisCPandolfo.
Sperling told reporters on a conference call that the White House coordinated with Department of Justice (DOJ) watchdogs and key members of the oversight community to identify how much funding law enforcement needs to prosecute the "explosion of fraud" that occurred during the pandemic.
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