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Mark Keagel faces up to ten years in prison for allegedly leading a $52 million COVID tax credit fraud ring, personally pocketing $3.6 million through fake checks from shell businesses. The scheme involved 35 companies across multiple states, exploiting pandemic relief meant for workers. The Department of Justice’s new National Fraud Enforcement Division is targeting such abuses, with this case as its first major test — a warning that even in crisis, some will try to steal from the system, and authorities are ready to act.

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