The checks sent to dead people as of April 30 totaled nearly $1.4 billion, according to the Government Accountability Office.
The report makes clear how, in the mad dash to pass legislation to prop up an economy in free-fall in the midst of an unprecedented pandemic, mistakes were made.The Cares Act directed the stimulus payments to people who filed a 2018 or 2019 tax return. The payments went to people making up to $99,000 annually.
The nearly 400-page report is the first from GAO under a requirement in the Cares Act for the GAO to issue bimonthly reports on its efforts to monitor and oversee the coronavirus response. The report contains multiple findings and recommendations on a wide array of issues apart from the direct stimulus payments.
The GAO singled out the Small Business Administration and its Paycheck Protection Program as an initiative that could be vulnerable to fraud because of lax controls, and also criticized SBA for failing to provide information GAO needed to conduct its review.The PPP has pumped out more than $500 billion in forgivable loans to small businesses aimed at allowing them to keep workers on payroll.
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