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2023-06-29 16:54:33 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1B24CD541E087AE52D7C37D00A91D47EBDE6DBDF1093C833F4836D0DB4481552
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The current administration estimates that over 90% of the fraudulent activity happened in the first nine months of the pandemic (under Trump), when verification checks were not in place for applicants. They have recovered 30 billion from some of the fraudulent applicants: https://www.npr.org/2023/06/28/1184726231/watchdog-over-200-billion-in-pandemic-business-loans-appear-to-be-fraudulent
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