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KQED News Fix

Federal officials suspect that fraudulent claims filed for disaster relief following the deadly Northern California fires are a bigger problem than they had initially thought. They estimate that there may have been tens of thousands of these claims; a few weeks ago, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said there were thousands. 

“It is an awful lot,” said agency spokesman Frank Mansell.

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