Administration: 70% of relief payments to the dead recovered

  • The government recovered 70% of the relief payments went to dead people

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Trump administration says that it has recovered nearly 70% of the relief payments that went to dead people.

The Government Accountability Office said Monday that it had been told by the Treasury Department that it had recovered nearly 70% of the $1.6 billion in relief payments that had mistakenly gone to dead people.

The economic stimulus payments included payments of $1,200 for individuals who had income levels low enough to qualify and were part of a $2.6 trillion bailout package lawmakers passed in March.