New York is facing a fraud crackdown after the Trump administration deployed a “strike force” of investigators this week to the state to recover hundreds of millions in unemployment bogus payments.
The U.S. Department of Labor and its Inspector General’s office announced this week a joint effort to “confront serious unemployment‑insurance fraud and performance breakdowns across one of the nation’s highest‑risk states.” The agencies said fraud and improper payments in the system is fleecing New York taxpayers of an estimated $2 million a day.
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