Michigan paid up to $8.5B in fraudulent unemployment claims, report shows

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

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.

According to an audit for the state's Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) carried out by the firm Deloitte, between March 2020 and September 2021, the state paid approximately $8.4-8.51 billion in possibly fraudulent claims.

The report also found that out of $52.2 billion in attempted fraudulent claims, the UAI prevented the release of $43.7 billion dollars to fraudsters.

However, they did not succeed in stopping bad actors from retrieving the remaining amount, according to the firm.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/michigan-paid-up-to-8-5b-in-fraudulent-unemployment-claims-report-shows/ar-AASfvTC

[jimfields33]

1. Arrest everyone of them and find them 100K

Don’t care if it takes a hundred years to pay back. This was done out of malice. They stole from their neighbors and others in the state.

[Enter stage left]

2. I've said for years that I'm against the death penalty...

but in some cases, I think a half distance one way ticket to Europe would be a just penalty.

Let's see how long they can float from 20,000 feet.