# Why Unemployment Insurance Fraud Surged During the Pandemic
> **Other** by 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.

## Source
- [oversight.gov report page](https://www.oversight.gov/reports/other/why-unemployment-insurance-fraud-surged-during-pandemic)
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