Federal prosecutors have charged 474 suspects with trying to steal more than $569 million through COVID-19-related fraud schemes. Fraudsters used spoofed or fake websites and domains to trick individuals into buying faulty or defective products, the Justice Department says. The department has also worked to shutter hundreds of fraudulent websites that were facilitating consumer scams, the Department of Justice says. In one case, a suspect allegedly applied for 15 PPP loans from eight lenders to attempt to secure loans worth $24 million.”]
Source: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/covid-19-related-fraud-474-charged-so-far-a-16279