A number of IRS employees, current and former, have been indicted by the Department of Justice for allegedly attempting to steal COVID-19 relief funds from the Paycheck Protection Program."According to
Five IRS employees allegedly received nearly $400,000 after fraudulently applying for $1.1 million in relief under programs intended to fund small businesses.
The Justice Department announced fraud charges Tuesday against five current or former IRS employees in Tennessee whom prosecutors say stole money from the government's pandemic relief programs.
Five former or current employees of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have been charged with schemes to defraud COVID-19 relief programs like the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) initiatives, according to the Department of Justice (DoJ).