Ohio Department Of Jobs And Family Services

Ohio paid out $478 million in fraudulent unemployment claims during the pandemic. The state’s government watchdog is looking into that, and it’s found a few problems.

A contractor working with the state on the fraudulent claims filed and processed through the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services said other state agencies should be on the alert.

Some of the victims whose identities were stolen for fraudulent unemployment claims said they are getting notices to pay back that money from the state agency that handles those payments. Some Democratic lawmakers said they want that agency to focus its energy on figuring out how the fraud happened instead.

Ohioans were accidentally given over $1.2 billion in accidental Pandemic Unemployment Assistance payments between May 2020 to February 2021. For Ohioans who received overpayments reaching a customer service representative and be an exhaustive process.

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services has 21 days to decide appeals from people who were denied federal pandemic unemployment assistance, according to a ruling from a Franklin County judge.

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