OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
DOL-OIG Oversight of the Unemployment Insurance Program
AUDIT AND OTHER REPORTS
- COVID-19: Safety and Remote Learning Challenges Continue for Job Corps
Report No. 19-22-001-03-370 (November 12, 2021)
[Summary
] | [Full Report ] {2.21 MB} | [Response ] - COVID-19: The Pandemic Highlighted the Need to Strengthen Wage and Hour Division's Enforcement Controls
Report No. 19-21-008-15-001 (September 30, 2021)
[Summary] | [Full Report ] {2.75 MB} | [Response ] - COVID-19: Pandemic Causes Delays in FECA Claims Adjudication
Report No. 19-21-007-04-431 (September 23, 2021)
[Summary] | [Full Report ] {1.46 MB} | [Response ] - The U.S. Department of Labor Complied with The Payment Integrity Information Act for FY 2020, but Reported Unemployment Insurance Information Did Not Represent Total Program Year Expenses
Report No. 22-21-007-13-001 (August 6, 2021)
No Summary | [Full Report] {2.51 MB} | [Response ] - Alert Memorandum: ETA Does Not Require the National Association of State Workforce Agencies to Report Suspected UI Fraud Data to the OIG
Report No. 19-21-006-03-315 (July 1, 2021)
No Summary | [Full Report] {328 KB} | [Response ] - Alert Memorandum: The Employment and Training Administration Needs to Issue Guidance to Ensure State Workforce Agencies Provide Requested Unemployment Insurance Data to the Office of Inspector General
Report No. 19-21-005-03-315 (June 16, 2021)
No Summary | [Full Report] {602 KB} | [Response ] - COVID-19: States Struggled to Implement Cares Act Unemployment Insurance Programs
Report No. 19-21-004-03-315 (May 28, 2021)
[Summary] | [Full Report ] {3.74 MB} | [Response ] - COVID-19: Increased Worksite Complaints and Reduced OSHA Inspections Leave U.S. Workers' Safety at Increased Risk
Report No. 19-21-003-10-105 (February 25, 2021)
[Summary] | [Full Report ] {652 KB} | [Response ] - Alert Memorandum: The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Needs to Ensure State Workforce Agencies (SWA) Implement Effective Unemployment Insurance Program Fraud Controls for High Risk Areas
Report No. 19-21-002-03-315 (February 22, 2021)
No Summary | [Full Report] {224 KB} | [Response ] - CIGIE Top Management and Performance Challenges Facing Multiple Federal Agencies (February 3, 2021)
- Pandemic Response Accountability Committee Update: Top Challenges in Pandemic Relief and Response (February 3, 2021
- Pandemic Response Accountability Committee Federal COVID-19 Testing Report: Data Insights from Six Federal Health Care Programs (January 14, 2021)
- Semiannual Report to Congress, Volume 84 (April 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020)
- 2020 Top Management and Performance Challenges Facing the U.S. Department of Labor
- COVID-19: States Cite Vulnerabilities in Detecting Fraud While Complying with the CARES Act UI Program Self-Certification Requirement
Report No. 19-21-001-03-315 (October 21, 2020)
[Summary] | [Full Report ] {1.88 MB} | [Response ] - COVID-19: OSHA Needs To Improve Its Handling Of WhistleBlower Complaints During the Pandemic
Report No. 19-20-010-10-105 (August 14, 2020)
[Summary] | [Full Report ] {1.69 MB} | [Response ] - COVID-19: WHD Needs To Closely Monitor The Pandemic Impact On Its Operations
Report No. 19-20-009-15-001 (August 07, 2020)
[Summary] | [Full Report ] {1.92 MB} | [Response ] - COVID-19: More Can Be Done to Mitigate Risk to Unemployment Compensation Under The CARES Act
Report No. 19-20-008-03-315 (August 07, 2020)
[Summary] | [Full Report ] {1.60 MB} | [Response ] - COVID-19: ETA Should Continue To Closely Monitor Impact On Job Corps Program
Report No. 19-20-007-03-370 (July 28, 2020)
[Summary] | [Full Report ] {0.78 MB} | [Response ] - COVID-19: MSHA Faces Multiple Challenges in Responding to the Pandemic
Report No. 19-20-006-06-001 (July 24, 2020)
[Summary] | [Full Report ] {1.72 MB} | [Response ] - COVID-19: OWCP Should Continue to Closely Monitor Impact on Claims Processing
Report No. 19-20-004-04-001 (July 6, 2020)
[Summary] | [Full Report ] {1.72 MB} | [Response ] - Advisory Report: CARES Act: Key Areas of Concern Regarding Implementation of Dislocated Worker Grant Provisions
Report No. 19-20-005-03-391 (June 23, 2020)
No Summary | [Full Report] {272 KB} - Top Pandemic Challenges Facing the U.S. Department of Labor (June 17, 2020)
- Alert Memorandum: The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program Needs Proactive Measures to Detect and Prevent Improper Payments and Fraud
Report No. 19-20-002-03-315 (May 26, 2020)
No Summary | [Full Report] {195 KB} | [Response ] - Alert Memorandum: ETA Needs to Improve its Plans for Providing Administrative, Financial Management, and Audit Requirements Relief to Grant Recipients Impacted by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Report No. 19-20-003-03-001 (May 19, 2020)
No Summary | [Full Report] {933 KB} - CARES Act: Initial Areas of Concern Regarding Implementation of Unemployment Insurance Provisions
Report No. 19-20-001-03-315 (April 21, 2020)
No Summary | [Full Report] {327 MB}
Recently Announced Projects
- Audit of COVID-19 OSHA’s Actions to Address Increasing & Severe Injuries at Warehouse Facilities of Large Online Retailers
- December 29, 2021, Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Review of OWCP’s Telehealth Services
- December 20, 2021, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs - COVID-19: Audit of Employment and Training Grant Subrecipients
- November 19, 2021, Employment and Training Administration - Audit of COVID-19 Impact on MSHA’s Mandatory Inspections
- October 29, 2021, Mine Safety and Health Administration - Audit of the Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation (MEUC) program under the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act (Continued Assistance Act) and the America Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)
- October 12, 2021, Employment and Training Administration - Audit of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Adequacy of Plans and Use of Funds Provided under the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act
- August 25, 2021, Occupational Safety and Health Administration - COVID 19: Audit of States' Use of Staffing to Support Implementation of CARES Act UI Programs
- August 16, 2021, Employment and Training Administration - COVID 19: Audit of Emergency Unemployment Relief for Government Entities and Non-Profit Organizations Program (EURGENO)
- August 13, 2021, Employment and Training Administration - COVID 19: Audit of Temporary Full Federal Funding of Regular Compensation Program
- August 6, 2021, Employment and Training Administration - Audit of CARES Act and Continued Assistance Acts Impact on Non-traditional Claimants
- April 29, 2021, Employment and Training Administration - Audit of States’ Information Technology Systems Capability in Processing Unemployment Insurance Claims
- April 19, 2021, Employment and Training Administration - Performance Audit of DOL and States’ Efforts to Detect and Recover Improper Payments for programs authorized by the unemployment insurance (UI) provisions of CARES Act and Continued Assistance Act
- April 16, 2021, Employment and Training Administration - Audit of DOL's Oversight of the UI Program's Emergency Administrative Grant
- June 30, 2021, Employment and Training Administration - Audit of ETA’s Oversight of UI Integrity for CARES Act Programs
- April 19, 2021, Employment and Training Administration - Audit of CARES Act UI Program Payment Promptness and Claimant Eligibility
- April 19, 2021, Employment and Training Administration - Audit of COVID-19: OSHA Operations and Efforts to Protect Workers
- February 22, 2021, Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Audit of Job Corps COVID-19 Resumption of Center Operations Plans
- November 13, 2020, Employment and Training Administration - Audit of COVID-19 OSHA Inspections Collaboration Process
- October 9, 2020, Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Audit of COVID-19 Dislocated Worker Grants (DWG)
- August 24, 2020, Employment and Training Administration - Audit of WHD’s Implementation of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Phase 2)
- August 14, 2020, Wage and Hour Division - Audit of OWCP's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (Phase 2)
- August 6, 2020, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs - Audit of DOL and States Implementation of CARES Act Unemployment Insurance Provisions
- July 6, 2020, Employment and Training Administration - Initiation of Audit of COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Job Corps Center Operations
- May 22, 2020, Employment and Training Administration - Audit of COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on OWCP Claims Processing and Adjudication
- May 7, 2020, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs - Audit of OSHA COVID-19 Whistleblower Complaint Process
- May 6, 2020, Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Audit of Unemployment Insurance Self-Certification Fraud Detection under the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program
- May 5, 2020, Employment and Training Administration - Audit of COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on MSHA Inspections and Investigations” Engagement Letter
- April 29, 2020, Mine Safety & Health Administration - Audit of WHD’s Plan for Implementing COVID-19 Guidance and Oversight
- April 20, 2020, Wage and Hour Division - Audit of DOL's Response to Unemployment Insurance Programs Expansion under the CARES Act
- April 14, 2020, Employment and Training Administration - Audit of OSHA's Guidance to Workplaces for Preventing Exposures to COVID-19
- April 14, 2020, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Fraud Alerts
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Don't Be A Mule
- December 2, 2021 -
Businesses: Phishing scheme targets unemployment benefits, PII (External Link)
- August 11, 2021 -
Phishing scheme targets unemployment insurance benefits and PII (External Link)
- August 11, 2021 -
Fraudulent SWA Website/Links and Phishing
- March 4, 2021 -
Issuance of Erroneous Forms 1099-G due to Fraudulent Unemployment Insurance Claims
- February 26, 2021 -
Text Message Phishing Scheme
- January 29, 2021 -
Money Mule Awareness Campaign One-Pager
- September 22, 2020 -
Unemployment Insurance Fraud Consumer Protection Guide
- September 21, 2020 -
Unemployment Insurance Phishing Fraud Alert
(En Español)
- June 12, 2020 -
Unemployment Insurance Fraud Alert
(En Español)
- April 16, 2020
INVESTIGATIONS
- Philadelphia Woman Charged With Money Laundering and Stealing Federal Funds in Scheme Directed by Online-Dating Paramour (USAO ED-PA 1/14/2022)
- Michigan Man Arrested for Unemployment Fraud and Identity Theft Related to COVID-19 Pandemic (USAO D-MA 01/13/2022)
- Luzerne County Woman Sentenced For Methamphetamine Trafficking And Pandemic Fraud Offenses (USAO MD-PA 01/06/2022)
- Charlestown Man Pleads Guilty to Identity Fraud Charges (USAO D-MA 12/22/2021)
- Essex County Man Admits Conspiring with His Brother - a Federal Safety and Health Officer - to Extort Contractors (USAO D-NJ 12/21/2021)
- California Employment Development Department Contract Employee Sentenced to 25 Months for Pandemic-Related Fraud (USAO SD-CA 12/202021)
- College Football Player Arrested on Federal Charges of Orchestrating Fraudulent Scheme to Obtain COVID-Related Jobless Benefits (USAO CD-CA 12/20/2021)
- EDVA Takes Action Against COVID-19 Fraud in 2021 (USAO ED-VA 12/20/2021)
- Nigerian National Pleads Guilty to a COVID-19 Unemployment Fraud Scheme and an Unrelated Elder Fraud Scheme (USAO D-MD 12/20/2021)
- Organizer of Conspiracy that Defrauded Cares Act of Over $1.5 Million in Unemployment Benefits Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison (USAO WD-VA 12/17/2021)
- Chester County Woman Sentenced to Over One Year for Stealing Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Funds (USAO ED-PA 12/16/2021)
- Big Stone Gap Man Sentenced for Unemployment, Mail Fraud (USAO WD-VA 12/13/2021)
- Tampa Men Sentenced For Fraud And Identity Theft In COVID Benefits Conspiracy (USAO MD-FL 12/13/2021)
- Three Individuals Charged with Stealing Unemployment Benefits (USAO D-NJ 12/10/2021)
- Dominican National Arrested for Identity Theft and Unemployment Fraud Related to COVID-19 Pandemic (USAO D-MA 12/9/2021)
- Florida Man Sentenced To Prison For COVID-19 Related Unemployment Insurance Fraud Conspiracy And Identity Theft (USAO D-NV 12/09/2021)
- Malden Man Sentences for COVID-Relief Fraud and Identity Theft (USAO D-MA 12/8/2021)
- Two Defendants Charged with Unemployment Insurance Benefit Fraud Combined Actual Losses in Excess of $3.2 Million (USAO ED-MI 12/7/2021)
- Chester County Man Sentenced to 1 ½ Years in Prison for Stealing Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Funds (USAO ED-PA 12/02/2021)
- Lebanon County Man Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (USAO MD-PA 12/01/2021)
- Two Virginia Inmates Plead Guilty to Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Scheme (USAO ED-VA 11/30/2021)
- 8 Civilian Employees of the Philadelphia Police Department Indicted on Theft and Fraud Charges For Collecting Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (USAO ED-PA 11/23/2021)
- Four Sentenced this Week for Roles in Pandemic Unemployment Fraud, Mail Fraud Scheme (USAO WD-VA 11/23/2021)
- Leicester Man Pleads Guilty to Unemployment and Loan Fraud Related to COVID-19 Pandemic (USAO D-MA 11/17/2021)
- Four Charlotte Men Are Sentenced To Prison For Bank Fraud (USAO WD-NC 11/17/2021)
- New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty to Unemployment Fraud Related to COVID-19 Pandemic (USAO D-MA 11/12/2021)
- Husband and Wife Team, and Their Inmate Accomplice, Charged with Fraudulently Obtaining Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Funds and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (USAO ED-PA 11/10/2021)
- Texas Woman Pleads Guilty to Unemployment Fraud Related to COVID-19 Pandemic (USAO D-MA 11/8/2021)
- Lawrence Woman Sentenced to Prison for Identity Theft and Unemployment Fraud Related to COVID-19 Pandemic (USAO D-MA 11/04/2021)
- Rhode Island Man Arrested for Unemployment Fraud Scheme Related to COVID-19 Pandemic (USAO D-MA 11/4/2021)
- Georgia Man Pleads Guilty To Fraudulently Obtaining Over $170,000 In Unemployment Insurance Benefits (USAO D-NV 11/03/2021)
- Eight Individuals Indicted and Arrested for Unemployment Benefits and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Fraud (USAO-D-PR 11/3/2021)
- Stoneham Man Pleads Guilty to Identity Theft and Fraud Related to COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (USAO D-MA 11/2/2021)
- State Contractor Sentenced in $3 million Unemployment Fraud Scheme (USAO ED-MI 10/28/2021)
- Las Vegas Man Sentenced For Filing Fraudulent Unemployment Insurance Claims Totaling Over $250,000 (USAO D-NV 10/27/2021)
- Las Vegas Woman Pleads Guilty To Using At Least 40 Stolen Identities To Fraudulently Collect Over $175,000 In Unemployment Insurance Benefits (USAO D-NV 10/26/2021)
- Taunton Man Charged with Pandemic Unemployment and Mortgage Fraud (USAO D-MA 10/19/2021)
- Former Uniontown Man Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring to Obtain PUA Benefits while Incarcerated (USAO WD-PA 10/08/2021)
- Four Defendants Charged with COVID-19 Fraud Scheme (USAO SD-NY 10/5/2021)
- Inmate Sentenced to Six Months' Imprisonment for Conspiring to Obtain Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Benefits (USAO WD-PA 10/5/2021)
- Columbus man charged in narcotics conspiracy also accused of forcing addicts into prostitution through violence (USAO SD-OH 10/04/2021)
- Two Men Charged With Fraud Involving More Than $1 Million in Unemployment Compensation and the CARES Act (USAO ND-IL 9/29/2021)
- 6 Physical Therapists And 2 Acupuncturists Charged In Over $20 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme (USAO SD-NY 09/28/2021)
- Illinois Man Charged With Stealing Unemployment Insurance Benefits While Incarcerated (USAO D-NJ 9/27/2021)
- Former Employment Security Department employee indicted for filing false unemployment claims and demanding kickbacks (USAO WD-WA 09/24/2021)
- Former SUNY Student Pleads Guilty to Unemployment Insurance Fraud (USAO ND-NY 09/23/2021)
- Three California Residents Charged With Conspiring To Defraud Unemployment Insurance Program (USAO ND-CA 9/23/2021)
- Two Federal Inmates Charged with Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Fraud (MD-PA 09/22/2021)
- Two Tampa Men Plead Guilty To Conspiracy To Commit Access Device Fraud And Aggravated Identity Theft Related To COVID Unemployment Insurance Benefits (USAO MD-FL 09/22/2021)
- Former State Employee Pleads Guilty to Unemployment Insurance Fraud (USAO ND-NY 09/21/2021)
- New Jersey Man Admits Stealing more than $450,000 in Unemployment Insurance Benefits (USAO D-NJ 09/20/2021)
- Sioux City Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for COVID-19 Related Unemployment Fraud (USAO ND-IA 09/20/2021)
- Three Maryland Men Facing Federal Indictment for Filing More Than 600 Fraudulent Claims for Unemployment Resulting in Losses of More Than $2.7 Million (USAO D-MD 09/20/2021)
- Dudley Man Pleads Guilty to Theft and Misuse of COVID-19 Pandemic Assistance (USAO D-MA 09/17/2021)
- Four Defendants Charged in $2.2M Unemployment Fraud Case (USAO ED-MI 09/14/2021)
- Rensselaer County Man Charged with Pandemic-Related Unemployment Fraud (USAO ND-NY 09/09/2021)
- One-Time EDD Employee Agrees to Plead Guilty for Fraudulently Obtaining More Than $1.6 Million in COVID-Related Jobless Benefits (USAO CD-CA 09/08/2021)
- Buffalo Woman Pleads Guilty To COVID Fraud (USAO WD-NY 9/02/2021)
- Nigerian hacker and a repeat offender sentenced to federal prison for unemployment fraud and tax fraud scheme (USAO ND-GA 09/02/2021)
- Batavia Woman Arrested, Charged With COVID Fraud (USAO WD-NY 09/01/2021)
- Two Postal Employees Charged with Fraud in Conection with Unemployment Insurance Benefits (USAO D-NJ 09/01/2021)
- Former Department of Unemployment Assistance Employee Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Identity Theft Charges Related to COVID-19 Pandemic (USAO D-MA 08/30/2021)
- Five Plead Guilty to Pandemic Unemployment Fraud, Mail Fraud Charges (USAO WD-VA 08/27/2021)
- Texas Man Pleads Guilty To Unemployment Benefits Fraud Scheme (USAO D-NV 08/26/2021)
- Seven Individuals Indicted for Fraudulently Obtaining Pandemic Unemployment Insurance Benefits (USAO ND-OH 08/26/2021)
- New Jersey Man Arrested for Unemployment Fraud Related to COVID-19 Pandemic (USAO D-MA 08/25/2021)
- Marion Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits Fraud (ND-IA 08/25/20121)
- East Chicago Woman Charged Wire Fraud (USAO ND-IN 08/24/2021)
- Florida Man Pleads Guilty To Unemployment Benefits Fraud (USAO D-NV 08/20/2021)
- Norton Man Sentenced in $499,000 Unemployment Fraud Scheme (USAO WD-VA 08/16/2021)
- Social Security Employee Charged With Pandemic Fraud Scheme (USAO MD-PA 08/13/2021)
- Bristol, Tennessee Man Sentenced in $499,000 Unemployment Fraud Scheme (USAO WD-VA 08/12/2021)
- Pierre Woman Charged with Wire Fraud, Mail Fraud, and Money Laundering (USAO D-SD 08/12/2021)
- Georgia Man Pleads Guilty in New York Federal Court on Charges Related to Ponzi and COVID-19 Fraud Schemes (DOJ-OPA 08/10/2021)
- Stoneham Woman Pleads Guilty to Identity Theft and Unemployment Fraud Related to COVID-19 Pandemic (USAO D-MA 08/03/2021)
- Virginia Inmate Pleads Guilty to Involvement in Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Scheme (USAO ED-VA 07/28/2021)
- Southwest Virginia Man Sentenced to 108 Months for Role in Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Scheme (USAO WD-VA 07/27/2021)
- Bristol, Tennessee Woman Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison for Role in Pandemic Unemployment Scheme (USAO WD-VA 07/26/2021)
- Two SCI Inmates, Two Allegheny County Residents Charged in Schemes to Smuggle Synthetic Cannabinoids into State Prisons and to Obtain Pandemic Unemployment Benefits (USAO WD-PA 07/26/2021)
- Former New Bedford Man Pleads Guilty to False Pandemic Unemployment Claims (USAO D-MA 07/23/2021)
- Stoneham Man Indicted for Identity Theft and Fraud Related to COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (USAO D-MA 07/22/2021)
- Nine San Diego Residents Charged with Submitting Fraudulent Pandemic Unemployment Insurance Claims and Drug Crimes in Two Cases (USAO SD-CA 07/22/2021)
- Employment Development Department Enlists Former U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott to Boost California’s Unemployment Insurance Fraud Crackdown (CA-EDD 07/20/2021)
- Lawrence Woman Pleads Guilty to Identity Theft and Unemployment Fraud Related to COVID-19 Pandemic (USAO D-MA 07/15/2021)
- Wise County Man Sentenced in Unemployment Fraud Scheme (USAO WD-VA 07/15/2021)
- Leicester Woman and Man Charged in Superseding Indictment in COVID-19 Pandemic Scheme (USAO D-MA 07/12/2021)
- Las Vegas Man Pleads Guilty To Filing Fraudulent Claims For Over $250,000 In Unemployment Insurance Benefits Through Mail Fraud Scheme (USAO D-NV 07/06/2021)
- Pharmaceutical Sales Representative Admits Health Care Fraud Conspiracy and Conspiring to Engage in Money Laundering and Obstruct Justice (USAO D-NJ 07/06/2021)
- Burgettstown Man Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring to Receive Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Benefits while Incarcerated and Ineligible (USAO WD-PA 06/30/2021)
- State Contractor Pleads Guilty in $3 million Unemployment Fraud Scheme (USAO ED-MI 06/30/2021)
- Two felons sentenced to prison for scheme to steal thousands in COVID-19 unemployment insurance funds (USAO SD-GA 06/29/2021)
- Portsmouth Woman Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining Pandemic Unemployment Benefits for Virginia Prison Inmates (USAO ED-VA 06/24/2021)
- Nigerian National indicted in Washington State for fraud on COVID-19 economic relief programs (USAO WD-WA 06/24/2021)
- Seven charged for roles in a $110 million compound drug scheme (USAO SD-TX 06/17/2021)
- Maryland Man Charged with Fraudulently Obtaining More Than $500,000 (USAO D-NJ 06/16/2021)
- 3 Inland Empire Women Plead Guilty to Wire Fraud for Illegally Obtaining COVID-Related Jobless Benefits in Prison Inmates’ Names (USAO CD-CA 06/14/2021)
- Tampa, Florida Man Facing Federal Indictment for Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, Mail Fraud, and Other Federal Charges (USAO D-MD 06/11/2021)
- Russell Co. Woman Sentenced in $499,000 Unemployment Fraud Scheme (USAO WD-VA 06/11/2021)
- Virginia Woman Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining COVID-Related Unemployment Benefits for Prison Inmates (USAO ED-VA 06/11/2021)
- Fresno Woman Charged with COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Benefits Fraud (USAO ED-CA 05/27/2021)
- Charlotte Man Is Charged With Using Stolen Identities To Defraud Government-Funded Coronavirus Aid Relief Programs Of More Than $200,000 (USAO WD-NC 5/25/2021)
- Schaller Man Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits Fraud (USAO ND-IA 05/21/2021)
- Two Camden County Residents Charged with Conspiracy to Defraud Victims of More Than $1.4 Million in Coronavirus Relief Fraud Scheme (USAO D-NJ 05/20/2021)
- Eight Brooklyn Individuals Charged With Multi-Million Dollar COVID-19 Relief Fraud (USAO ED-NY 05/18/2021)
- Nigerian citizen charged with defrauding Washington State Employment Security Department of over $350,000 (USAO WD-WA 05/17/2021)
- Malden Man Pleads Guilty to COVID-Relief Fraud and Identity Theft (USAO D-MA 05/13/2021)
- U.S. Secret Service Helps Recover $2B Through Investigations into COVID-19-Related Financial Fraud (USSS Press Release 05/12/2021)
- Georgia Man Indicted on Charges of Wire Fraud Involving Unemployment Compensation and the CARES Act Using Residences in Homewood and DeKalb, Illinois (USAO ND-IL 05/12/2021)
- Allen Park Tax Preparer Arrested in Scheme to Obtain Pandemic Unemployment Benefits (USAO ED-MI 05/06/2021)
- Novi Man Charged in Unemployment Insurance Fraud Scheme (USAO ED-MI 05/06/2021)
- Bristol, Tennessee Woman Pleads Guilty as Part of Ongoing Prosecution of CARES Act Fraudsters (USAO WD-VA 05/05/2021)
- Dudley Man Arrested for Theft and Misuse of COVID-19 Pandemic Assistance (USAO D-MA 05/04/2021)
- Texan sentenced in CARES Act unemployment fraud scheme (USAO SD-TX 05/04/2021)
- "John Doe" Charged in Superseding Indictment with Identity Theft and Fraud Related to COVID-19 Pandemic (USAO D-MA 05/03/2021)
- Las Vegas Woman Sentenced For Unemployment Benefits Scheme (USAO D-NV 04/29/2021)
- The New York State Department Of Labor Prevents Cyber Criminals From Stealing More Than $12 Billion In Unemployment Benefits During COVID-19 Pandemic (NYS DOL 04/29/2021)
- 23 Indicted on Federal CARES Act Unemployment Fraud Charges (USAO WD-VA 04/28/2021)
- Sioux City Woman Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Related Unemployment Fraud (USAO ND-IA 04/20/2021)
- Saint Paul, Virginia Woman Pleads Guilty to Unemployment Scheme (USAO WD-VA 04/16/2021)
- Twelve Individuals Indicted And Arrested For Unemployment Benefits And Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Fraud (USAO D-PR 4/13/2021)
- Man Sentenced for Defrauding Nearly 1,700 Victims in $1 Million Small Business Loan Scam (USAO ED-VA 04/09/2021)
- Hot Springs Man Pleads Guilty To Charges In Connection With Obtaining Coronavirus Relief Funds (USAO WD-AR 04/09/2021)
- Two Stoneham Residents Arrested on Charges of Identity Theft and Unemployment Fraud Related to COVID-19 Pandemic (USAO D-MA 04/09/2021)
- Four Individuals Indicted for Fraudulently Obtaining Pandemic Unemployment Benefits for Virginia Prison Inmates (USAO ED-VA 04/09/2021)
- 3 Inland Empire Women Arrested on Charges of Illegally Obtaining COVID-Related Unemployment Benefits in Names of Prison Inmates (USAO CD-CA 04/09/2021)
- Wise County Man Pleads Guilty to Unemployment Fraud Scheme (USAO D-WV 04/08/2021)
- CARES Act Fraud Investigations Identify Twenty-Three Individuals Targeting Thirty-One Million Dollars (USAO D-RI 04/08/2021)
- Lawrence Woman Arrested for Identity Theft and Unemployment Fraud Related to COVID-19 Pandemic (USAO D-MA 04/02/2021)
- Southern District of Florida Takes Sweeping Action Against CARES Act Fraud (USAO SD-FL 03/26/2021)
- Buffalo Woman Arrested And Charged With Stealing Unemployment Benefits; Used Money To Pay For Plastic Surgery (USAO WD-NY 03/22/2021)
- Two felons admit guilt in scheme to steal thousands in COVID-19 unemployment insurance funds (USAO SD-GA 03/18/2021)
- Two Postal Service Employees Face Federal Charges of Using Funds from Unemployment Insurance Scheme to Buy Postal Money Orders (USAO CD-CA 03/10/2021)
- Local alleged drug dealers also charged with falsely obtaining tens of thousands of dollars through Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (USAO SD-OH 03/05/2021)
- Justice Department Warns About Fake Unemployment Benefit Websites (DOJ-OPA 03/04/2021)
- COVID-19 Unemployment Benefit Fraud Scheme Charged (USAO ED-CA 03/03/2021)
- Federal Indictment Charges Charlotte Man For Defrauding COVID-19 Government Benefits Programs (USAO WD-NC 2/22/2021)
- San Gabriel Valley Man Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud Charge for Fraudulently Obtaining Over $500,000 in COVID-19 Jobless Relief (USAO CD-CA 02/18/2021)
- Westmoreland County Woman Pleads Guilty to Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Fraud (USAO WD-PA 02/11/2021)
- Arizona Man Pleads Guilty To Possession Of Multiple Fraudulently-Obtained Unemployment Insurance Benefits Debit Cards (USAO D-NV 02/03/2021)
- Springfield Woman Indicted on Charges of Fraud Related to Small Business Administration COVID-19 Disaster Loan Program (USAO CD-IL 02/03/2021)
- West Virginia Woman Admits Filing for Pandemic Unemployment Benefits for Incarcerated Co-defendant (USAO WD-PA 02/02/2021)
- Former Department of Unemployment Assistance Employee and Husband Indicted on Fraud Charges Arising From Pandemic Unemployment Claims (USAO D-MA 01/21/2021)
- Le Mars Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for COVID-19 Related Unemployment Fraud (USAO ND-IA 01/21/2021)
- Attorney General Raoul Announces Attorney General's Task Force on Unemployment Insurance Benefits Fraud (IL Attorney General 01/08/2021)
- U.S. Attorney's Office Announces: (1) Funding to Hire Prosecutor to Combat Unemployment Insurance Fraud and (2) Charges Against Man for Unemployment Insurance Fraud (USAO D-NV 12/23/2020)
- Saratoga Springs Man Charged with COVID-19 Relief Unemployment Insurance Fraud (USAO ND-NY 12/21/2020)
- Former Department of Unemployment Assistance Employee and Husband Arrested on Fraud Charges Arising from Pandemic Unemployment Claims (USAO D-MA 12/18/2020)
- Former California Unemployment Office Worker Charged in Scheme to Steal Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Pandemic Unemployment Aid (USAO SD-CA 12/17/2020)
- Two COVID-19 Unemployment Benefit Fraud Schemes Charged in the Eastern District of California (USAO ED-CA 12/17/2020)
- Menifee Woman Pleads Guilty to Federal Criminal Charge for Fraudulently Obtaining Over $500,000 in COVID-19 Jobless Relief (USAO CD-CA 12/16/2020)
- U.S. Law Enforcement Takes Action Against Approximately 2,300 Money Mules In Global Crackdown On Money Laundering (DOJ News Release 12/02/2020)
- Atlanta Woman Charged with Unemployment Insurance Benefit Fraud and Identity Theft (USAO ND-GA 11/16/2020)
- Farmington Hills Man Indicted in Unemployment Insurance, Credit Card Scams (USAO ED-MI 10/28/2020)
- Six Individuals Charged with Federal Identity Fraud Crimes (USAO D-MA 10/23/2020)
- Department of Justice is Combatting COVID-19 Fraud but Reminds the Public to Remain Vigilant (USAO WD-LA 10/20/2020)
- Rapper Who Bragged about Unemployment Benefits Scam in Music Video Arrested for Allegedly Bilking COVID-19 Jobless Relief Program (USAO CD-CA 10/16/2020)
- Four Arrested, More Than $1.2m Seized in Federal, State Investigation into CARES Act Unemployment Benefits Fraud in Rhode Island (USAO D-RI 10/14/2020)
- Charlotte Man Involved in Two Separate Identity Theft Schemes Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges (USAO WD-NC 10/02/2020)
- Four Chester County Residents Charged with COVID-19 Related Unemployment Fraud (USAO ED-PA 09/01/2020)
- Two Charged in $1.8 Million Unemployment Insurance Scam (USAO ED-MI 08/25/2020)
- Melrose Man Indicted for Unemployment Insurance Scam (USAO D-MA 08/24/2020)
- Southfield Man Charged in Multi-State Idenity Theft and Unemployment Fraud Scheme (USAO ED-MI 08/19/2020)
- State Contractor Charged in $2 million Unemployment Fraud Scheme (USAO ED-MI 7/17/2020)
- Maryland Department of Labor Uncovers Massive Criminal Fraud Scheme (Maryland Dept. of Labor 7/15/2020)
- 8 Arrested on Federal Indictment Alleging Scheme to Obtain $1.1 Million in Unemployment Benefits Through Sham Companies (USAO CD-CA 07/07/2020)
- Nearly 3,800 Fraudulently Filed Unemployment Insurance Claims Blocked by the U.S. Department of Labor (USAO ND-OK 06/29/2020)
- Attorney General Nessel Establishes Unemployment Insurance Fraud Task Force To Pursue Bad Actors (MI Attorney Gen. News Release 06/05/2020)
- State and Federal Officials Urge Mainers to Report Unemployment Fraud (USAO D-ME 05/26/2020)
CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY
- Unemployment Insurance During COVID-19: The CARES Act and the Role of Unemployment Insurance During the Pandemic
June 9, 2020 – Statement for the Record of Scott S. Dahl, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Labor
Senate Committee on Finance - Subcommittee on Government Operations Briefing with the Inspector General for the Department of Labor
June 1, 2020 – Statement of Scott S. Dahl, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Labor House Committee on Oversight and Reform; Subcommittee on Government Operations
OIG HOTLINE
If you would like to report an allegation of fraud involving unemployment insurance or other U.S. Department of Labor activities or programs, please contact the OIG Hotline at: https://www.oig.dol.gov/hotline.htm or 202-693-6999 or 1-800-347-3756.
