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LA Times Today: How two L.A. COVID swindlers dodged the FBI and joined the European jet set

LA Times Today: How two L.A. COVID swindlers dodged the FBI and joined the European jet set

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Prosecutors have called it the largest fraud case in U.S. history: As much as $80 billion dollars, or 10%, of the COVID relief plan known as the Paycheck Protection Program was stolen by fraudsters.

Among them was a couple living in Tarzana who collected $18 million in loans for fake businesses in the San Fernando Valley. When a jury convicted them, the swindlers took off, sending authorities on an international chase.

L.A. Times reporter Michael Finnegan brought us the details.

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