A Second Wave Of COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement: An Emerging Risk For Businesses
By EsqSocial Corporation 16/04/21
On March 26, 2021, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a press release trumpeting the agency’s “historic level of enforcement action” in response to COVID-19 related fraud. Roughly one year after Congress passed the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, DOJ announced that it had criminally charged 474 individuals for their alleged efforts to fraudulently obtain a collective $569 million through schemes related to the COVID-19 pandemic......
By: Vinson & Elkins LLP