One of those stories quietly running in the background of the Covid-19 pandemic has been that of the American expats who have struggled to obtain the so-called CARES Act stimulus payments they’re supposed to be receiving – even as people who aren’t U.S. citizens, and therefore shouldn’t be receiving them, have been.
One such person is a former American whom we’ll call Franz, who lives in Switzerland, and who renounced his U.S. citizenship in 2019…but received a check anyway.