🚨 @DOGE ALERT: In 2020, a loophole allowed individuals in other countries to file blank U.S. tax returns showing zero income and receive COVID relief checks, even if they had only visited the U.S. once on any work visa.
— Publius (@OcrazioCornPop) February 4, 2025
This resulted in an estimated $423 million being sent to… pic.twitter.com/YhpynROxoE
In 2020, a loophole allowed individuals in other countries to file blank U.S. tax returns showing zero income and receive COVID relief checks, even if they had only visited the U.S. once on any work visa.
This resulted in an estimated $423 million being sent to non-U.S. citizens, including $34 million to those with foreign addresses.
"I have a friend in Europe who heard many folks there were filling out and filing blank 2020 US taxes showing zero income for that year and receiving COVID relief checks, sent to Europe! All they needed was to have visited the US sometime in their life on any kind of work visa. My friend had visited the US one time in 2007 for only a few weeks on a temporary student work visa, so he tried it and sure enough received a check from the US Treasury for $1,800 sent to his address overseas!"
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