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The Office of Inspector General of the Small Business Administration has released a "landscape of fraud" report highlighting why 17% of PPP and other loans appear bogus.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Much better use would have been given to people directly. They could have spent it on business.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not businesses that were closed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Or business at all. They aren't living breathing things. It's the people who matter

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is why I was in the "give it to businesses to pay their employees" camp. I thought it was a great idea. I foolishly did not foresee the massive amounts of fraud happening.