Posted on 04/21/2024 10:27:24 AM PDT by rktman
Often the Joe Biden administration has claimed that COVID-19 attacked families and workers through no fault of their own, and what was needed was its progressive spending agenda, specifically helping "people of color, immigrants, and low-wage workers."
In reality, however, Biden's spending, "billions and counting – has gone to unrelated causes and the administration’s COVID relief program continues to fleece American taxpayers," according to a report from government watchdog Judicial Watch.
The organization reported that, "Fraud and corruption are so rampant in the U.S. government’s mammoth pandemic relief program that the Justice Department created a special COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force (CFETF) to crack down on scams and recover some of the stolen funds."
A recent update from that organization should leave taxpayers "furious," the watchdog said, as "over $2 billion have been lost to fraud and more than $1.4 billion have been seized or forfeited."
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
The entire demonrat party is one big criminal cartel that cannot be trusted with anything ever.
Republicrats as well.
No. The entire US government, top to bottom.
The IRS is a collection agency for the FED, almost all 1030 “taxes” go to pay FED shareholders. The IRS is incorporated in Puerto Rico, of all places.
Since some IRS employees know about this fraud, a small amount of 1040 “taxes” is reserved for paying them off and buying their silence.
The folks in the administrative state want to wet their beaks. They don’t have to worry about consequences because nearly all of them are Democrats.
Most people right on this forum watched slack-jawed as the government distributed ‘free’ money to their favored peeps. Like watching a bank robbery in real time.
COVID, global warming, they’re both government scams to get money.
May 4, 2023
IRS has spent $10 million on ‘weaponry and gear’ since start of coronavirus pandemic, report says.
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Official IRS record of many revisions. Here is one:
(16) Subsection 9.11.3.10.4(2) replaced .40 caliber with 9mm. Replaced 224 with 5MOS. Replaced 23 with 19MOS. Updated 27 to 26. Removed last sentence of the paragraph and added “Special agents will be issued one of these pistols on a permanent basis and will retain their assigned pistol during their entire career unless the weapon is recalled for repair or replacement. In addition, the Smith and Wesson AR-15 carbine and the Beretta 1301 shotgun are the standard-issue long-guns to trained members of the IRS-CI long-gun cadre. Members of the long-gun will be issued one or both of these firearms long-guns on a permanent basis depending on weapon availability.”
www.irs.gov/irm/part9/
“....permanent basis...”? Sign me up. 😂👍
Trivial by comparison but Covid test kits. Can’t count the dozens, perhaps hundreds, just my friends and family have received “free”.
But, were actually paid for by Medicare or other insurance or governmental agencies. Massive ripoff of taxpayer dollars.
2 billion?
Peanuts.
How can an IRS employee be guilty of theft when that’s what his agency exists to do?
So many corrupt government employees...so little time.
Bingo!
The money has to spent rapidly on an emergency expedite basis and it goes into third world corruptocracys with no traceability or accountability. Due to the disaster damage or war there is simply no accounting and no formal records keeping.
This is a license to steal for all the well connected beltway bandits and they do so on a massive scale. Literally 80% at minimum is skimmed off the top and much of it gets kicked back into the pockets of Congressional family members, donors and government officials
I was hoping that this funding could be used to bolster Ukraine in order to obtain leverage for negotiated solution but it looks like we are back to the races with everyone talking about now that the funding is in place, Ukraine is in for win on this conflict. They are going to push Russia out of Ukraine and retake Crimea.
Good luck with that.
Looks like another couple hundred thousand Ukrainians and Russians are going to have sacrifice their lives and even more of Ukraine is going to have to be destroyed in this evil proxy war.
And make no mistake, this is an evil proxy driven by America. We have Sen Warner crowing about how much of Russia's military we have destroyed for a mere 3% of our defense budget.
Such a deal!
I'm sure the families of the 500K people killed and countless others horribly wounded and the TENS of millions of Ukrainian civilians who have lost everything and fled the country really appreciate the bargain they have been given
Russia has not been a military threat to the West for going on 35 years.
And, in reality, Russia is much more serious threat to the US now we have declared defacto war on it. Before were were strategic competitor - now we are the enemy p>
It cannot be easy to cash a stolen check made out to US treasury or internal revenue service! And nobody mails in cash. So how indeed do they manage to steal?
special COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force (CFETF) to crack down on scams
yeah ok
March 13, 2023
(1) This transmits revised IRM 9.11.3, Investigative Property.
(1) Updated Acronym Table with current acronyms.
(2) Subsection 9.11.3.4.2(f) updated verbiage to state “Upon request, forwarding copies of all approved disposal documentation to the Director of AKM; the original disposal documentation will be maintained in the originating office”.
(3) Subsection 9.11.3.4.3(g) updated verbiage to “Upon request, forwarding all inventory reports to the AKM with a copy to the Director, Field Operations”.
(4) Subsection 9.11.3.4.3(h) updated verbiage to “Upon request, forwarding copies of all approved disposal documentation through the Director, Field Operations, to AKM the original disposal documentation will be maintained in the originating office”
(5) Subsection 9.11.3.6.2(1) removed the numbered dates and added verbiage “Criminal Investigation offices will conduct an annual physical inventory of investigative equipment and investigative accessories and supplies tracked in CIMIS within the prescribed timeframe in the 4th quarter of each fiscal year. Corrective actions must be made to the CIMIS Database prior to end of the 4th quarter.”
(6) Subsection 9.11.3.6.2(2) updated verbiage to state “In order to maintain the proper separation of duties, an individual conducting a physical inventory of equipment cannot have custody or control of the equipment being inventoried or be assigned CIMIS equipment roles that allow manipulation to the CIMIS database”.
(7) Subsection 9.11.3.6.2(3) added verbiage “Because of the ability to convert into a spreadsheet and manipulate the data, CIMIS Report EQR03 (Equipment Inventory) will not be generated to conduct the annual inventory.”
(8) Subsection 9.11.3.9(1), 9.11.3.10.2(1), and 9.11.3.10.2(2) updated “Planning, Research, & Analysis” to “AKM”.
(9) Subsection 9.11.3.9.1(8) & (9) updated NCITA to AKM
(10) Subsection 9.11.3.9.2(3) updated verbiage to state “The CI Property Officer will prepare the SF-120, Report of Excess Property, and provide to FMSS Office”.
(11) Subsection 9.11.3.9.2(4) updated verbiage to state “The Facilities Management custody and property officer will provide CI’s property office with a copy of the signed SF-120”.
(12) Subsection 9.11.3.9.2(5) updated verbiage to state “When property leaves CI’s custody, the CIMIS Coordinator will enter that disposition in CIMIS. The appropriate disposition code will be entered in CIMIS to accurately record the reason for disposal of the item”.
(13) Subsections 9.11.3.8.1(3), (4), (5), and (6) added verbiage “IRS-issued and/or authorized personally-owned”,
(14) Subsection 9.11.3.8.1(4) added verbiage “. If the safety locking device used permits, the firearm should be stored holstered in the safety locking device, ready for duty carry. If the safety locking device does not permit the weapon to be stored holstered, extra care should be taken to store the loaded and unholstered weapon inside the device.”.
(15) Subsection 9.11.3.10.4(1) Added verbiage “or approved for use”.
(16) Subsection 9.11.3.10.4(2) replaced .40 caliber with 9mm. Replaced 224 with 5MOS. Replaced 23 with 19MOS. Updated 27 to 26. Removed last sentence of the paragraph and added “Special agents will be issued one of these pistols on a permanent basis and will retain their assigned pistol during their entire career unless the weapon is recalled for repair or replacement. In addition, the Smith and Wesson AR-15 carbine and the Beretta 1301 shotgun are the standard-issue long-guns to trained members of the IRS-CI long-gun cadre. Members of the long-gun will be issued one or both of these firearms long-guns on a permanent basis depending on weapon availability.”
(17) Subsection 9.11.3.10.4(3) deleted whole section and added new relevant information.
(18) Subsection 9.11.3.10.4(4) added verbiage “While any Special Agents assigned to the cover team of an undercover operation are generally prohibited from solely carrying a POW as the primary handgun, the SAC may authorize members of the cover team to carry the POW as the primary handgun on an undercover operation if the need for extreme conceal ability enhances the safety of the undercover agent and/or the cover team (i.e. members of the cover team sitting in a public setting such as a restaurant in close proximity to the undercover agent.)
(19) Subsection 9.11.3.10.4(8) updated verbiage to current procedures and added “Any agent wishing to use an optical sight on his/her duty handgun must complete the CI Pistol Optics Transition Course prior to carrying the optic on duty. If an agent wishes to carry an optic on his/her POW , then the agent must have already completed the CI Pistol Optics Transition Course and must already carry an optic on the CI-issued pistol.”
(20) Subsection 9.11.3.10.4(9) added exceptions “1-Changing stocks, pistol grips, and fore ends on the AR-15 rifle. Replacing standard wear items as part of annual armorer inspections such as buffer tube springs, gas rings, bolts, barrels, etc. with factory spec parts. 2-Changing stocks, barrels and fore ends on the Beretta shotgun. Replacing standard wear items as part of annual armorer inspections such as ejectors, extractors, etc. with factory spec parts. 3-Changing sights, magazine releases, slide-stops and triggers on the Glock pistols and replacing standard wear items as part of annual armorer inspections such as recoil springs, trigger springs, extractors, etc. with factory spec parts. 4-Using grip sleeves or grip tape (i.e. Hogue Hand-All or Talon-type Grips) on Glock pistols. 5-Adding a Streamlight or Surefire weapon light to a personally-owned weapon.”
(21) Subsection 9.11.3.10.4.1(4) removed paragraph.
(22) Subsection 9.11.3.10.4.2(2) updated the “Ammunition Type” table to include “Official Duty Round” and “Training Round”.
(23) Additional revisions, deletions, and grammatical changes were made throughout the section, that did not result in substantive changes but contributed to procedural clarity of the subject matter.
Guy A. Ficco FOR
James C. Lee
Chief, Criminal Investigation
POW = Personally Owned Weapon
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