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(DENVER) Today the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) announced it has prevented $437.16 million in fraudulent unemployment payments. Identifying and preventing improper and fraudulent payments is a priority for the Department and the entire Unemployment Insurance system nationwide as every state has experienced an unprecedented amount of suspicious activity since the pandemic began. CDLE continues to increase its fraud triggers and implement new, aggressive tactics including an identity verification requirement to prevent criminals from collecting undue unemployment benefits.
“While we have a responsibility to pay legitimate claimants as quickly as possible, we also have a fiduciary responsibility to protect the integrity of Colorado’s unemployment fund,” said CDLE Executive Director Joe Barela. “We have been on the forefront of identifying and detecting fraud since last summer, and with the help of our local and national law enforcement agencies,
Roth did not know either of the claimants and had never employed them.Â
âWhen this started, Iâm like, âWow, this will be easy to correct,ââ he said. âBoy, was I wrong.â
Roth spent upwards of 40 hours over the next couple of months sending emails and faxes and making phone calls in attempts to get the claims approvals reversed.
âI just followed the directions in the letters, calling the 800 number or the 303 number, and couldnât get through to anybody,â Roth said. âIâd be on hold for a long time, and then the call would get dropped.â
After many unsuccessful attempts to contact the department by phone, âI was finally able to get a fax through,â he said. âThen I got letters saying that because I didnât dispute it, itâs been approved.â
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