Pandemic unemployment fraud estimate reaches $46.5 billion - The Washington Post

Federal investigators similarly have raised alarms and pursued charges involving roughly $1 trillion in loans and grants meant to help small businesses. But theft isn't the only issue: In some cases, the government's generous aid proved ineffective or helped finance pet projects that had nothing to do with addressing the coronavirus, The Post has found. Republican governors, for example, tapped a $350 billion program meant to bolster their response to the crisis for a wide array of controversial political causes, including tax cuts and immigration crackdowns...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/09/22/unemployment-fraud-coroanvirus-pandemic/