All about risk
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“Over 50% of the claims that we receive in our office are fraudulent claims,” Eckstein said. Before the pandemic he said it was “Less than 1%.”
The bogus claims Eckstein sees are just a fraction of the fraud. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reported, between March 2020 and January 2021, it had stopped close to one million fraudulent claims.
Author(s): Dorothy Tucker and Carol Thompson
Date Accessed: 2 March 2021
Publication Site: CBS Chicago
Excerpt:
Sain and other Michigan public school retirees who are part of the state pension system were notified this week their names and pension information were released through the Freedom of Information Act request, Department of Technology, Management and Budget spokesperson Caleb Buhs said in an email.
Steven Schupbach, who works for the Illinois nonprofit American Transparency, which tracks government spending, asked for retired public school workers’ first and last names, middle initials, residential zip codes, last employer zip code and monthly payment amount.
Author(s): Carol Thompson
Publication Date: 1 March 2021
Publication Site: Lansing State Journal