> With speed as its strongest imperative, the effort run by the federal Small Business Administration initially lacked even the most basic safeguards to prevent opportunists from submitting fabricated documentation, government watchdogs have said.

> While that may have allowed millions of businesses to keep their doors open, it has also required a massive cleanup operation on the backend.

Frankly, I think that's exactly the right way to do it.

Speed was of the essence here - a lot of small businesses don't have much of a safety margin to go without revenue for even a few weeks. Consequences for abusing it don't have to be fast to work.