Fighting Identity Theft: New website feature, new working group!

Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency sent this bulletin at 07/15/2021 11:58 AM EDT

Pandemic Response Accountability Committee

Your identity. Our mission.

PRAC Announces New Working Group to Fight Identity Fraud

Michael E. Horowitz, chair of the PRAC, announced the new Identity Fraud Reduction & Redress Working Group. Inspectors General across government will share data and findings to fight fraudsters and protect your pandemic relief money.

3,000%

The spike since the pandemic in stolen identities used to apply for unemployment benefits.

$24 million

How much a Florida man pled guilty to stealing in Paycheck Protection Program loans. He used synthetic identities – a combination of fake and stolen identity information – to create shell companies and apply for the loans.

Scroll through our new interactive timeline to see the oversight community's fight to take on identity thieves exploiting pandemic relief programs.

The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) is a committee of the
Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE).

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