DOJ Has Charged Nearly 500 With COVID-Related Fraud In The Past Year

Call it a nasty side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic — the flare-up in fraud, scams and hoaxes as some people have tried to use the crisis to line their pockets illegally.

The Justice Department has charged nearly 500 people with fraud and crimes related to the coronavirus pandemic, including obtaining fraudulent PPP loans and selling fake cures and treatments for COVID-19 to consumers. https://t.co/eeOjlkmxUX

— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) March 27, 2021

Some Social Security recipients are still waiting for their stimulus checks

The Internal Revenue Service has sent roughly 127 million stimulus payments out in the past two weeks, but some of the lowest-income Social Security recipients are among those still waiting to get the money.

The IRS has sent roughly 127 million stimulus payments out in the past two weeks, but some of the lowest-income Social Security recipients are among those still waiting to get their money https://t.co/yGHO48qA3T

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 27, 2021

An Unusually Optimistic Conversation With Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders didn’t win the 2020 election. But he may have won its aftermath. If you look back at Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders’s careers, the $1.9 trillion stimulus package, the American Rescue Plan, looks a lot like

An Unusually Optimistic Conversation With Bernie Sanders https://t.co/yCFU1WWjXf

— Kraig Peck (@peck_kraig) March 24, 2021

Under the American Rescue Plan, the typical family of four is getting a $5,600 check

That money helps folks keep a roof over their head and put food on the table. Help is here.

Under the American Rescue Plan, the typical family of four is getting a $5,600 check. That money helps folks keep a roof over their head and put food on the table. Help is here.

— President Biden (@POTUS) March 22, 2021

Desperate for cash, strapped arts venues wait out delays in federal covid relief

The past few months have been dire for Robin Sokoloff, founder and chief executive of Town Stages, a 10,000-square-foot arts space and bar in Manhattan’s Tribeca shuttered for a year by the coronavirus.

Desperate for cash, strapped arts venues wait out delays in federal covid relief https://t.co/kWJuYbtrpj

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 21, 2021

Vice President Kamala Harris: No one should have to lay awake wondering if they will have a roof over their head the next day. The American Rescue Plan provides emergency assistance for rent, mortgage, and utility payments

No one should have to lay awake wondering if they will have a roof over their head the next day. The American Rescue Plan provides emergency assistance for rent, mortgage, and utility payments. Help is here to keep Americans in their homes.

— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) March 18, 2021