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The Canada Revenue Agency Received Over 20,000 Tips About CERB & CESB Fraud

Thousands of Canadians have been accused of cheating the system. 💰
Canada Revenue Agency Received Over 20,000 Tips About CERB & CESB Fraud
Helena Hanson | Narcity Tammy Leung | Dreamstime
Managing Editor, Canada

That’s a lot of potential fraudsters! The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has revealed just how many tips they’ve received about possible CERB and CESB cheats.

The CRA, via CBC News, has revealed that tens of thousands of tips have been received about suspected benefits cheats.

The agency received more than 20,000 confidential tips about possible fraudsters, all related to COVID-19 emergency benefit programs.

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20,000 Tips received by the CRA

According to the CRA, all of these anonymous tips will be checked out for evidence of fraud.

The agency says they will check records against tax slips from employers to validate if a claimant was eligible for the benefits they cashed-in.

Despite initially threatening fines or jail time for CERB cheaters, the federal government has since backtracked on such punishments.

Instead, those caught having fraudulently claimed the benefits will be contacted by the CRA to make repayment arrangements.

The Canada Revenue Agency also confirmed that they’d received over 830,000 voluntary CERB and CESB repayments already.

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