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Landry said the programâs latest alleged fraud totaled more than $1 million.
âI want to thank all of our law enforcement and agency partners who helped in our efforts,â he said. âI encourage anyone who knows of fraudulent activity related to COVID-19 unemployment benefits to report it.â
The scheme involved multiple groups across several parishes and a coordinated effort to defraud both the Louisiana and California COVID-19 unemployment programs. Members of these groups filed multiple online claims with the Louisiana Workforce Commission and the California Employment Development Department, according to the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation.
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Louisiana residents took $1M in COVID funds from California
Jul. 22, 2021 at 1:00 pm
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Ten Louisiana residents are accused in scams that defrauded pandemic unemployment programs in California and Louisiana out of more than $1 million, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said.
Louisiana Bureau of Investigation agents learned that multiple groups operating across several Louisiana parishes conspired to defraud the two COVID-19 unemployment insurance programs, according to a news release sent Tuesday.
More than 100 false claims to California’s Employment Development Department netted $1 million for eight people, and five of them also got more than $60,000 that they weren’t due from the Louisiana Workforce Commission, the attorney general’s office said. Six have been arrested and two are being sought.
Jul 21, 2021 10:36 am
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Ten Louisiana residents are accused in scams that defrauded pandemic unemployment programs in California and Louisiana out of more than $1 million, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said.
Louisiana Bureau of Investigation agents learned that multiple groups operating across several Louisiana parishes conspired to defraud the two COVID-19 unemployment insurance programs, according to a news release sent Tuesday.
More than 100 false claims to California’s Employment Development Department netted $1 million for eight people, and five of them also got more than $60,000 that they weren’t due from the Louisiana Workforce Commission, the attorney general’s office said. Six have been arrested and two are being sought.
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