Justice Department announces charges against hundreds of alleged COVID-19 fraudsters

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/justice-department-announces-charges-hundreds-alleged-covid-19-102509175

Hundreds of people have been charged with the theft of more than $830 million in COVID-19 emergency aid following a nationwide operation conducted by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, the U.S. Justice Department

More than 60 of the defendants have alleged connections to organized crime, the department said, including members of a criminal gang accused of using stolen pandemic aid to pay for a murder.