By Ed O’Keefe

Washington Post

The Obama administration‘s economic recovery program has triggered more than 1,700 fraud complaints since it launched last year, according to a new report.

The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board and federal inspectors general are investigating 147 of those allegations and federal prosecutors have opened investigations into 43 cases, the RAT Board said in its quarterly report released Monday.

Inspectors general are also conducting more than 400 audits and inspections of recipients of economic stimulus funding.

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