State treasurer s office, Dept. of Labor & Industry teamed up to recapture $800 million in fraudulent unemployment benefits, agencies say
Much of that work was based on information from thousands of honest Pennsylvanians who returned payments they had not requested, the agencies said. Author: Keith Schweigert (FOX43) Updated: 1:10 PM EDT April 12, 2021
HARRISBURG, Pa.
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The Pennsylvania Treasurer s Office and the Department of Labor & Industry successfully recaptured $800 million in unemployment benefits collected by fraudsters, Treasurer Stacy Garrity and acting L&I Secretary Jennifer Berrier said Monday in a press release.
The vast majority of identified fraud was connected to the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, the agencies said.
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Stacy Lira and her husband of 28 years, Armando, outside their home in Victorville on March 29, 2021. Stacy is holding a folder full of unemployment paperwork.
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Stacy Lira was nearly a year into her unofficial job as an unemployment-claim detective when things went from bad to worse.
The 46-year-old mother of three, who lost her job managing an Inland Empire convenience store last spring, was rushed to the hospital in mid-February. She was struggling to breathe after testing positive for COVID-19. But Lira was adamant that she couldn’t leave home without one thing: She needed her carefully filed unemployment records so she could keep calling from the hospital about the nearly $20,000 she says the state owes her family.
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Stacy Lira was nearly a year into her unofficial job as an unemployment detective when things went from bad to worse.
The 46-year-old mother of three, who lost her job managing an Inland Empire convenience store last spring, was rushed to the hospital in mid-February. She was struggling to breathe after testing positive for COVID-19. But Lira was adamant that she couldn’t leave home without one thing: She needed her carefully filed unemployment records so she could
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The state’s unemployment agency has signed $236 million in private contracts as jobless workers await benefits. EDD says it needs the outside help.
Lea este artículo en español.
Stacy Lira was nearly a year into her unofficial job as an unemployment detective when things went from bad to worse.
The 46-year-old mother of three, who lost her job managing an Inland Empire convenience store last spring, was rushed to the hospital in mid-February. She was struggling to breathe after testing positive for COVID-19. But Lira was adamant that she couldn’t leave home without one thing: She needed her carefully filed unemployment records so she could