The Department of Labor announced Monday that it will conduct a targeted review of Minnesota’s Unemployment Insurance program amid concerns that fraud uncovered in other state benefits programs could extend to unemployment payments.
“I am appalled at what we are hearing about potential fraud coming from numerous benefits programs in Minnesota,” Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer wrote in a statement.
“If there has been any related abuse of our UI systems, it will not be tolerated, and I trust our specialized strike team to get to the bottom of this and report their findings directly to me.”
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