(CNSNews.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor’s website
includes a database that shows the total dollar amount of improper
payments of unemployment insurance benefits for all 50 states, U.S.
territories and the District of Columbia, which totaled $5,159,629,434
from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012.
The database also shows that 2.85 percent, or $1.28 billion, of the total unemployment insurance payments ($45.2 billion) in that timeframe were the result of fraud. (See here and click on XLS sheet for “2012 Calendar Year data.”)
On the “browse by topic” section of the Department of Labor website is a link for “Unemployment Insurance” that takes visitors to the page devoted to that topic, including “Unemployment Insurance (UI) Improper Payments by State.” (image)
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