Why Unemployment Insurance Fraud Surged During the Pandemic
Other · Pandemic Response Accountability Committee · 2024-04-16 · about Multiple Agencies
Report
Title
Why Unemployment Insurance Fraud Surged During the Pandemic
Submitting OIG
Pandemic Response Accountability Committee
Component agency
Multiple Agencies
Type
Other
Publication date
2024-04-16
Summary
UI was already a strained system, but the pandemic exacerbated existing challenges and created new ones which lead to massive fraud. We sampled 45 cases and learned about the schemes and methods fraudsters used. Find out what can be done to improve UI for the future. Read our report to find out more.