Watchdog: $191B in pandemic unemployment payments possibly 'improper'

Prosecutors, watchdogs want more time to prosecute pandemic fraud

Labor Department IG: At Least $191 Billion of Improper Pandemic Unemployment Benefits

Department of Labor inspector general Larry Turner estimates that $1 out of $5 in pandemic unemployment benefits may have been paid to fraudsters.

Watchdogs say federal unemployment fraud likely topped $191 billion - The Southern Maryland Chronicle

Slightly more than $1 out of every $5 distributed in unemployment insurance payments during the pandemic could have been improper, mostly fraud.  Larry Turner, the inspector general for the U.S. Department of Labor, said Wednesday that of the more than $888 billion in total federal and state unemployment insurance benefits distributed during the pandemic at least $191 billion could have been improper payments, “with a significant portion attribu…

Prosecutors, watchdogs want more time to prosecute pandemic fraud

The statute of limitations for unemployment fraud will begin to expire in early 2025 without action from Congress,

Watchdogs say federal unemployment fraud likely topped $191 billion - Santa Barbara News-Press

By BRETT ROWLAND THE CENTER SQUARE (The Center Square) – Slightly more than $1 out of…

$191 Billion COVID Jobs Fraud, $1 In Every $5 Misspent Says Top Official