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Ohio unemployment fraud scheme uncovered, $311K improperly paid
An investigation has revealed a significant unemployment fraud scheme involving ... Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits. The Office of the Ohio Inspector General, in collaboration ...
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State finds worker improperly OK’d $1.2M in unemployment benefits, plus money to herself
The PUA program expanded and loosened unemployment eligibility ... To address the fraud, the state formed an investigative group of the Ohio Inspector General’s Office, Ohio State Highway ...
Delco Times1d
Chester woman indicted in pandemic-assistance fraud case
Another case in the federal courts of someone abusing programs from the CARES Act, which has seen the largest fraud in ...
Altoona Mirror4y
Jobless fraud leads to delays
A resurgence of fraud claims for the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program that helps the self-employed has led the state Department of Labor & Industry to put a hold on dispensing money to new ...
Yahoo20d
Unemployment claims in Ohio declined last week
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Ohio dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 5,994 ...
Altoona Mirror4y
Unemployment programs expiring soon
who had never before been eligible for unemployment compensation. PUA has been beset by fraud, which has led to some victims receiving 1099 IRS tax forms, due mostly to their identities having ...
CBS News22d
Detroit man sentenced in pandemic-era unemployment fraud scheme spanning Michigan, Pennsylvania, Maryland
A Detroit man has been sentenced for his role in what federal authorities called a "million-dollar" unemployment fraud scheme in the ... Assistance funds. The PUA federal program, which launched ...