Maryland state Comptroller Peter Franchot on Wednesday estimated that about $2 billion in federal and state unemployment funds distributed during the pandemic were fraudulently obtained.
The Maryland Department of Labor is set to hold a hearing at 1:30 p.m. Thursday to address what happened and how the state can do better moving forward.
Franchot said Maryland is not alone in being a target for unemployment fraud. In California, $30 billion in paid-out claims were later determined to be fraudulent.
Franchot said that, since the COVID-19 pandemic began, 1 million Marylanders have filed first-time unemployment claims. They’re the ones who need the money, he said.
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