{
  "id": 14533356,
  "title": "Examining fraud prevention in federal relief programs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/examining-fraud-prevention-in-federal-relief-programs",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-14T20:30:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-fraud-federal-relief.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) assistant professor of accounting Dr. Katie Matt, in collaboration with Daniel Hebert of Syracuse University, recently published research examining the widespread fraud associated with the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their article, \"Governance and Fraud Prevention in Federal Relief Programs: Insights from the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}