Senior Secret Service official to lead crackdown on COVID-19 scams
Source: The Hill
The U.S. Secret Service announced on Tuesday that it has chosen a senior agency official to lead the agency's efforts on the crackdown on COVID-19 financial scams.
The agency said Assistant Special Agent in Charge Roy Dotson of the Jacksonville, Fla. field office will serve as the National Pandemic Fraud Recovery Coordinator.
In a statement the agency said he will oversee "efforts across multiple ongoing Secret Service investigations into the fraudulent use of COVID-19 relief applications, with stolen benefits nearing $100 billion."
The agency said the release of money through the CARES Act - the $2 trillion relief package then-President Trump signed into law in March 2020 - attracted the attention of individuals and organized criminal groups throughout the world, adding that the exploitation of funds allocated during the pandemic is "an investigative authority" for the agency and its partners.
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