The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has identified three states primarily responsible for nearly $400 million in fraudulent unemployment payments since 2020.
In total, DOGE found $382 million in fraudulent unemployment claims.
California, Massachusetts, and New York were the primary culprits.
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“The three Democrat-led states accounted for $305 million in improper claim payments,” Fox News reports.
Report: DOGE has discovered $382 million in fraudulent unemployment payments since 2020. The three states identified were California, New York, and Massachusetts pic.twitter.com/eOeJyGfrhb
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Fox News reports:
The group added that California also accounted for 68% of the benefits that were dispensed under former President Joe Biden to parolees identified by federal authorities as being on the government’s terrorist watchlist, or
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