#unemployment fraud

Hawai‘i Awarded $1.25 Million to Combat UI Fraud and Identity Theft

The state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations today announced that it was awarded $1,2115,000 from the US Department of Labor to combat fraud in the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation programs.

$15.8 Million in Potentially Fraudulent Unemployment Claims Detected by State Labor Department

The state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations has detected $15,829,889 of potentially fraudulent claims paid out as of June 24.  In addition, the department reportedly blocked $76,644,808 in “possible fraudulent PUA payments.”