Biometrics to recover stolen US aid meant for Covid-hit firms? No way

Anyone expecting to hear how biometrics can be used to recoup the hundreds of billions of dollars defrauded from U.S. government Covid assistance programs felt foolish after a Congressional hearing on theft this week.

Rather, the government has to make it easy and financially attractive for people who know of fraud to become whistleblowers. All the information at Washington's disposal cannot even narrow to the nearest hundred billion how much aid was stolen.

Identity verification would be the rearmost of …

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