Image: Evan-Amos, Wikimedia Commons This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire. By Jeremy Portnoy Real Clear Wire Topline: Fraudsters stole an estimated $79 billion from the federal government using fake Social Security numbers during the Covid-19 pandemic. The crime was “readily preventable,” but federal agencies had no system in place to check if the Social Security numbers were legitimate, according to a June 4 fraud alert from the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee. Key facts: The audit reviewed three Covid-19 assistance programs — unemployment insurance, the Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loans — and estimated that up to 1.5 million applicants had Social Security numbers that were either fake or stolen. Auditors arrived at their estimate using an “analytics platform” provided by…
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