unemployment fraud

It's been almost a year into the pandemic and Michiganders who are struggling with being laid-off are still having to navigate an overwhelmed unemployment system.

Auditor General’s report shows $3.9 billion in UIA overpayments

A new report from the Office of the Auditor General finds Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency wrongfully paid out nearly 4-billion-dollars in benefits over the pandemic.

Director of the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency, Liza Estlund Olsen defends her agency’s handling of the surge in unemployment claims during the COVID-19 crisis to the House Oversight Committee.

Michigan unemployment agency chief grilled by lawmakers

Rick Pluta

The head of Michigan’s unemployment agency faced tough questioning from a Republican-led legislative committee regarding delayed claim payments.

Governor Rick Snyder has said "very little" about the unemployment fraud debacle, Gorchow said.

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Why Governor Snyder hasn’t said more on the unemployment fraud debacle

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After wrongly accusing tens of thousands of people in Michigan of cheating on their unemployment benefits, the state is refunding $21 million to those...

Critics say Michigan's computerized unemployment system is brutalizing people by mistakenly accusing them of cheating.

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State refund for unemployment insurance debacle “a drop in the bucket,” says attorney

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The state has admitted it made a whopping mistake when it accused tens of thousands of Michiganders of cheating on their unemployment benefits. The...

Michigan's Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) wrongly accused thousands of people of cheating on their unemployment claims.

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Report reveals problems with state unemployment insurance software before fraud scandal

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By now, it’s been widely reported that the state of Michigan’s unemployment insurance computer system wrongly alleged fraud against thousands of people...

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Caught in unemployment insurance "mess," Garden City man fined $25,000 for fraud he didn't commit

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Michigan's Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) has wrongly accused tens of thousands of people of cheating on their unemployment claims. Then it began...