What do you get when scum is in charge of things? Rampant fraud

One of the hallmarks of Cheeto's presidential administration was putting people in charge of agencies where the people have the same (lack of) ethics and integrity as him.

He viewed a health crisis as a lucrative grifting opportunity, and so did others.

From AP -

The Great Grift: More than $200 billion in COVID-19 aid may have been stolen, federal watchdog says

More than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large COVID-19 relief initiatives, according to new estimates from a federal watchdog investigating federally funded programs that helped small businesses survive the worst public health crisis in more than a hundred years.

The numbers issued Tuesday by the U.S. Small Business Administration inspector general are much greater than the office’s previous projections and underscore how vulnerable the Paycheck Protection and COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan programs were to fraudsters, particularly during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic.

The actual report from the SBA is here.