Obsession With Fraud Sabotages U.S. Aid to Millions Without Jobs

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A pedestrian passes in front of a shuttered store in Logan, West Virginia.

Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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Sometimes a little fraud is perfectly OK.