The data shows more than half of the money overpaid in state reemployment assistance during 2020 has been recovered.
The DEO told NBC 6 this data does not include overpayment information among all programs, including the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) or the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC).
When asked about the total amount paid in overpayments in the state, the DEO said the data was “not readily available.”
It’s an issue unemployed people have contacted NBC 6 Responds about over the last year.
Myrtle Young is one of them.
“I start getting another $900, another $1,000, another $500, and then I went to my mailbox and there was a check for $4,000, and I am like, something is not right,” Young told NBC 6.