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Feds launch tool to fight unemployment insurance fraud

The U.S. Department of Labor is introducing new tools to help state agencies detect, prevent and recover improper unemployment insurance payments while fighting UI fraud.

By Amanda McGrory-Dixon | Updated on March 15, 2012

The U.S. Department of Labor is introducing new tools to help state agencies detect, prevent and recover improper unemployment insurance payments while fighting UI fraud.

The “Fraud Tips and Leads Gateway” is designed to provide the public with a means to report fraud and help states act quickly to investigate tips and leads as well as prosecute fraudulent actions. The DOL is also publishing materials, which it believes to be consumer friendly, addressing the most common mistakes that claimants make and what employers can do to circumvent the negative tax implications of improper payments. The DOL is also partnering with states and through the work force system to exhibit these materials in public areas and post them online.

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