Stimulus check fraud investigation

Law enforcement agencies in Northern Virginia are warning residents amid a fraud case surrounding stimulus checks.

Don’t spend that money just yet! Rumors are circulating online that the federal government will issue new stimulus checks before the end of the year.

But Congress has not passed any legislation authorizing payments, and the IRS has not confirmed that any new stimulus checks are scheduled in the coming weeks.

Here’s a look at the facts:

Federal stimulus payments for November 2025?

What we know:

The last round of economic impact payments came in 2021. Any future payments would require new legislation from Congress.

In 2024, the Internal Revenue Service announced that they would issue automatic payments to eligible people who did not cla

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