Editorial: Widespread 2020 fraud in Ohio jobless claims highlights need for accountability, reforms Cleveland.com The acting head of Ohio’s unemployment compensation program said last week the state had paid out more than $2.1 billion in mistaken or fraudulent benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. That eye-popping revelation, by Matthew Damschroder, acting director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, was troubling enough. But it came on top of recent allegations by Ohio Auditor Keith Faber, in a cleveland.com interview, that ODJFS under prior leadership repeatedly misled his office, from last May to December, about the extent of jobless claim fraud and was slow to institute additional anti-fraud measures.