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Unemployment Insurance Fraud Investigation Yields 38 Convictions

Last updated on Tuesday, April 4, 2017

(INDIANAPOLIS) - The Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD) receives wage reports and new hire data from Hoosier employers documenting who is employed and receiving compensation.

The agency's unemployment insurance fraud investigation taskforce examines claims of individuals who intentionally provide false, misreported or unreported information in order to fraudulently claim benefits. As a result of the taskforce's investigations, local courts found these individuals guilty of unemployment insurance fraud across Indiana:

Since last June, more than $750,000 must be repaid to DWD as restitution for fraudulently claiming unemployment insurance benefits.

Throughout the past three years, DWD has increased its efforts to identify and prosecute individuals who committed unemployment insurance fraud. You can help combat unemployment insurance fraud and abuse by reporting it online at www.in.gov/dwd/fraud. Your efforts will assist the agency in ensuring that tax dollars are spent wisely and unemployment insurance benefits are paid only to people who are eligible to receive them. You do not need to provide your name or any other identifying information in order to file a complaint.

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