Saturday, February 7, 2026

New Fraud Uncovered in California: $8.6 billion COVID-era Relief

 California Globe

This man has wrecked his state and is capable of doing the same to America. But yet...yet...he is so dominatingly handsome. We must...MUST! vote for Gav for President. TD

"Earlier this week, the White House announced plans for a new anti-fraud task force targeting welfare abuse in California and other states, and assigned Vice President J.D. Vance, Andrew Ferguson of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and Attorney General Pam Bondi.
"California Attorney General Rob Bonta fell all over himself Thursday claiming that the California Department of Justice was working to tackle fraud in the state. He even “pushed back” against the Trump Administration’s characterization that California programs are overrun by fraud and that state government is somehow facilitating this fraud.
"Friday morning, the Small Business Administration upstaged AG Bonta and announced it has uncovered $8.6 billion in suspected fraud tied to COVID-era relief lending in California and has suspended more than 111,000 borrowers in the state.
"Did Bonta really think he could get ahead of the SBA’s fraud announcement?
" 'This is categorically false,” Bonta said. “While the issue of fraud seems conveniently novel to the Trump Administration, California has been aggressively tackling fraud head-on and has recovered nearly $2.7 billion for California taxpayers, including by partnering with the federal government. Fraud is not unique to California; bad actors will look for opportunities to pocket cash — including in states like FloridaTexas, and Ohio.”
"SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler said the borrowers are suspected of improper activity involving federal pandemic programs, including Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) funds.
“They are accused of collecting money under the paycheck protection and economic injury disaster loans from the federal government that were supposed to ease the economic burden from covid,” the NY Post reported.
" 'Once again, the Trump SBA is taking decisive action to deliver accountability in a state whose unaccountable welfare policies have created a culture of fraud and abuse at the expense of law-abiding taxpayers and small business owners,” Loeffler told The Post." . . .

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