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Michigan's unemployment agency routinely gave people previously convicted of fraud, embezzlement and similar financial crimes access to sensitive information that, in at least one case, was later used to steal public money, according to the findings of a new state audit released Friday. The Office of the Michigan Auditor General dings the Unemployment...
The findings are the latest to underscore problems at the beleaguered Unemployment Insurance Agency, oft-criticized during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The findings are the latest to underscore problems at the beleaguered Unemployment Insurance Agency, oft-criticized during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Unemployment Insurance Agency didn't conduct background checks on over 5,500 employees as the agency ramped up hiring at the start of the pandemic.
Michigan says the audit's totals, extrapolated from a sampling of about 220 recipients, are "grossly inflated"