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Encino man convicted of $27M COVID relief fraud scheme

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Man admits he stole COVID funds in hospice scam

In this July 6, 2020, photo, a sign for the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons is displayed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Stimulus checks were sent to billionaires and other ultra-rich …

In this April 23, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump's name is seen on a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Ex-EDD employee previously convicted of benefits fraud …

With states to receive influx of aid from $1.9 trillion …

In this April 1, 2020, file photo, a customer wears a face mask as he purchases drinking water at a "Grab-and-Go" market table in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

L.A. received $120 million more as feds amended flawed …

A homeless person sits on a bus bench in downtown Los Angeles on Oct. 2, 2020, amid the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. (Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty Images)

Fight over emergency Federal Reserve powers stalls efforts …

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks past reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)

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Pastor Joel Osteen criticized after Houston megachurch …

Joel Osteen speaks during SiriusXM Joel Osteen Radio Town Hall with Joel and Victoria Osteen at SiriusXM Studios on December 16, 2019 in New York City. (Bonnie Biess/Getty Images for SiriusXM)

DOJ: Pasadena man bought Maserati with fraudulently …

A Maserati SUV — not the one involved in the case, is seen in a file photo from the 2017 L.A. Auto Show in Los Angeles on Nov. 29, 2017. (MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. seafood trade, consumption hit hard by pandemic

In this March 25, 2020, file photo, a worker weighs and sorts pollack at the Portland Fish Exchange in Portland, Maine. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)

American Airlines plans 19,000 furloughs, layoffs …

An American Airlines Boeing 737-823 lands at Miami International Airport, Monday, July 27, 2020, in Miami.American Airlines said Tuesday, Aug. 25 that it will furlough or lay off 19,000 employees in October as it struggles with a sharp downturn in travel because of the pandemic. Flight attendants will bear the heaviest cuts, with 8,100 losing their jobs. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

$15 million in COVID-19 child-care vouchers available …

Activist Michelle Lozano puts a mask on her children Maya, center, and Iker as day laborers and their supporters participate in a "Caravan for Essential and Excluded Workers'' in Los Angeles on April 14, 2020. (Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty Images)

$600 federal jobless benefits set to expire amid …

Hundreds of people line up outside a Kentucky Career Center hoping to find assistance with their unemployment claim in Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S. June 18, 2020. (REUTERS/Bryan Woolston)

California community colleges sue U.S. government …

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill, June 5, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)