Stunning waste: Unemployment fraud during COVID cost more than triple total benefits paid in 2019

This is usually what you get when government turns on the spigot of spending or largesse! Don't think that e.g. Build Back Better is any better (pardon my pun)!

"Unemployment fraud exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the U.S. Labor Department Inspector General's semiannual report to Congress.

Approximately $872 billion in federal funding was allocated to unemployment benefits in the last year, and at least 10% was estimated to be paid "improperly, with a significant portion attributable to fraud." ...
More than 27,000 complaints and investigations related to unemployment benefits paid have been opened by the inspector general. The office is reviewing an additional 132,000 complaints from the National Center for Disaster Fraud. These investigations now account for 92% of the government watchdog's cases. Before COVID, only 12% of the cases involved unemployment fraud."

Stunning waste: Unemployment fraud during COVID cost more than triple total benefits paid in 2019 | Just The News At least 10% of all unemployment benefits paid during the pandemic were lost to fraud.