With the help of shell companies, around 250 million dollars were embezzled from the state food program in the USA.
“Brazen fraud of staggering proportions”: Prosecutor Andrew Luger (right) at yesterday’s press conference.
In the United States, prosecutors have filed charges in what is probably the largest fraud case involving pandemic aid funds. In the state of Minnesota, almost 50 defendants are said to have embezzled more than $250 million in funds, the US Department of Justice announced on Tuesday.