Combating Unemployment Benefit Fraud: New Verification Rules
New regulations aim to reduce fraud in the unemployment benefits system. They mandate comparing lists of benefit recipients with lists of federal and state prisoners to prevent unauthorized payments. Citizens can expect greater transparency and efficiency in public fund management.
Key points
Data Sharing: State agencies will be required to regularly compare lists of unemployment benefit recipients with lists of federal and state prisoners.
Fraud Prosecution: The results of these comparisons will be used to investigate and prosecute cases of fraud, waste, and abuse in the benefits system.
Overpayment Recovery: Allows states to recover overpaid pandemic unemployment benefits, reducing public losses.
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