The report indicated that $4.6 billion in overpayments were made to ineligible individuals, and an additional $27.4 billion of payments to individuals and businesses should be investigated further. This included an estimated $15.5 billion in CEWS received by employers that did not suffer a significant drop in revenue, extrapolated from a review of monthly GST/HST filers’ reported revenues. The report noted that GST/HST filings were far from a perfect measure but were still useful for risk assessment.
CRA has indicated that they have completed audits of $2.8 billion in CEWS claims (1,739 applications), but this only led to $200 million being redetermined post-payment. $11.6 million in penalties had been issued as of October 28, 2022.

The report also indicated the following in respect of CERB paid to recipients likely ineligible:

$1.6 billion was provided to 190,254 individuals who had quit their jobs;
$6.1 million was provided to 1,522 people who were in prison and $1.2 million to 391 dead people; and
$2.2 million was provided to 434 children under 15 years old at the time of application.