(WKBN) – The COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force released its 2024 report Tuesday.

Since its inception in 2021, the task force has charged 3,500 people for losses of over $2 billion.

The task force investigations have led to over $100 million in settlements and judgments and over $1.4 billion seized or forfeited.

The fraud is domestic and foreign. The task force said some of the fraud is committed overseas and that strike forces have been assigned to investigate those “complex and harmful” cases.

Fraud has occurred with U.S. unemployment benefits, business loans and grants, as well as other COVID-19 relief programs.

“Our work is not over. We will continue our efforts to investigate and prosecute pandemic relief fraud and to recover the assets that have been stolen from American taxpayers.,” said Attorney General Merrick Garland.

Garland is asking for the statute of limitations to be extended and for funding to be appropriated to continue investigations and prosecutions.

The COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force was set up by Garland through the U.S. Department of Justice.