Michigan paid at least $8.5B in fraudulent job claims during pandemic
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The firm tracking the payments said a year ago it expected losses in the "hundreds of millions" of dollars. The actual figure is far more than previously estimated.
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The firm tracking the payments said a year ago it expected losses in the "hundreds of millions" of dollars. The actual figure is far more than previously estimated.
The state of Michigan paid up $8.5 billion in potentially fraudulent claims from the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 to September of this year, according to a report released Wednesday.
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan likely paid about $8.5 billion in fraudulent jobless benefits over a 19-month period during the coronavirus pandemic, far more than previously estimated, according to a
