GAO Estimates Pandemic UI Fraud at $100B-135B

Urges DOL To Respond to 16 Unmet Recommendations To Tackle Fraud Concerns
Jerry Ashworth
September 25, 2023 at 08:53:17 ET
Although the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has made 26 recommendations since 2018 aimed at limiting fraud in the Department of Labor (DOL) unemployment insurance (UI) programs, a recent GAO report found that DOL has only fully implemented 10 of these recommendations. The report also estimates that fraud costs among the UI programs during the COVID-19 pandemic total $100 bil... Read More