Follow The Money

Did taxpayers get ripped off to the tune of four-hundred billion dollars in fake unemployment claims during the pandemic? With today’s Americans for Limited Government Minute, I’m Catherine Mortensen. That’s the question Congressman Doug Lamborn of Colorado and more than 30 other House Republicans want to know. The Members of Congress sent a letter to the Inspector General requestion an investigation into coronavirus-related unemployment fraud demanding the Department of Labor be thoroughly audited. Congressman Lamborn said he is – quote deeply concerned that American taxpayer dollars have even gone to overseas foreign nationals posing as American citizens. The Department of Labor Inspector General estimates that improper or fraudulent unemployment benefits paid since March 2020 during the pandemic will be more than 10% of the $896 billion in benefits distributed. ID.me, an online identity solutions website, estimates as much as $400 billion in unemployment benefit payments may have been fraudulent. That amounts to about fifty percent of unemployment money. For more check us out at the DailyTorch.comShow more

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