Axios and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution are both owned by Cox Enterprises and collaborated on this story.
State officials are investigating Gov. Brian Kemp’s $350 cash assistance program after fraudsters allegedly stole funds from low-income Georgians.
Why it matters: Some Georgians still haven’t been able to claim their money, though the state insists the “overwhelming majority” of the more than 3 million recipients have spent their funds without issue.
- The state, however, has been unable to provide numbers illustrating the scale of fraud reports.
Catch up quick: Kemp last year dedicated more than $1 billion in federal COVID relief funds to administer payment cards to millions of Georgians on federal and state benefits like Medicaid.
- Almost immediately after its September launch, the program was plagued by a storm of social media posts about missing money and struggles to spend the largely virtual cards at certain stores.
- Axios and the AJC began a joint investigation into the…
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