Federal investigators say two executives from the company that Ohio hired to overhaul its unemployment compensation system stole trade secrets from their former employer, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
'It’s time to fix this mess and provide Ohioans with an unemployment system that is responsive to their needs and secure against the crooks that exploit its weaknesses'
At issue are unemployed people who have gotten their benefits stolen by hackers who gained access to their benefits by changing bank routing numbers and redirecting the funds.
The state Department of Workforce Development said Tuesday those payments will continue because the state must give a 30-day notice that they will end.
New legislation would allow Ohio to use COVID-19 relief funds to pay off a loan it got from the federal government to help pay out unemployment benefits.
FOX19 NOW Investigates revealed that as of the first week of February, there were more than 400,000 unread emails that were sent to the unemployment office.
ODJFS has enlisted the help of former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio David DeVillers to try and recover any money that was paid out for fraudulent claims.
Unemployed Kentuckians will soon be required to prove they are searching for work at least once a week in order to receive benefits, a rule that was waived by Governor Andy Beshear at the beginning of the pandemic.
The audit also revealed 37 state employees filed for jobless benefits for “loss of a part-time job” despite being full-time employees of the commonwealth.
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