A tractor trailer rig pulls into a terminal for a trucking company that has a $10,000 hiring bonus offer posted on a trailer at their facility in Harmony, Pennsylvania, on May 5, 2021.
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L&I secretary: Unemployment fraud tops $570M in Pennsylvania
A tractor trailer rig pulls into a terminal for a trucking company that has a $10,000 hiring bonus offer posted on a trailer at their facility in Harmony, Pennsylvania, on May 5, 2021.
HARRISBURG — Unemployment compensation fraud has cost Pennsylvania an estimated $570 million and counting since the start of the pandemic, the head of the state Department of Labor & Industry said Thursday.
Secretary Jennifer Berrier and other officials testified before the House Committee on Labor & Industry. Identity theft and bank account hijacking are the most common forms of fraud in the pandemic, she said, adding that state and federal agencies continue investigating.
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