New Covid fraud prosecutor steps up effort to convict people who stole billions in relief benefits

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/new-covid-fraud-prosecutor-steps-effort-convict-people-stole-billions-rcna19536

New Covid fraud prosecutor steps up effort to convict people who stole billions in relief benefits

March 10, 2022, 1:35 PM EST
By Pete Williams and Sarah Fitzpatrick

The federal government’s new top prosecutor for serious fraud against the massive pandemic relief program is setting up teams to analyze what he has called “an almost shocking amount of data” that could bring new charges.

Kevin Chambers, who was serving as associate deputy attorney general, was named chief prosecutor for Covid-19 fraud on Thursday by the Justice Department. President Joe Biden said in his State of the Union address that the prosecutor would lead the charge against major perpetrators of pandemic fraud.

In an interview with NBC News, Chambers said his goal is to prosecute those who illegally obtained money from pandemic relief benefits including the Paycheck Protection Program and unemployment insurance funds to discourage such behavior in the future and try to get as much money back as possible.
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Chambers said he plans to set up strike forces, consisting of analysts, agents, and prosecutors, to sort through huge amounts of data supplied by state unemployment offices. “The data that we are still collecting from the states is the key to so much of the evidence of fraud,” he said.
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