The Canada Revenue Agency has opened its snitch line to reports of fraudulent claims relating to the CERB fund and other COVID-19 financial relief benefits.
New reports to the snitch line are not the only step the CRA is taking to substantiate claims made, the Leads Program site reads, suggesting the government’s “clean up” process is underway: “The CRA and Service Canada have records of all individuals who’ve received payments for the CERB and CESB, and are verifying to make sure the payments were correctly allocated,” it says. “Similarly, various pre-payment verifications and post-payment reviews are being conducted by the CRA for the CEWS.
The new update to the CRA snitch line is a shift in the revenue service’s position after earlier discouraging Canadians from reporting COVID-19 aid fraud as it processed payments. In April, a spokesperson told the National Post that the group’s focus was on “getting crucial payments to those who urgently need it now.”
The Leads Program now encourages these reports, but details on its website what constitutes a complete and incomplete submission.
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