At least 130 current and former employees of the District of Columbia have been caught up in a fraud investigation.
The nearly year-long probe looked into suspected abuse of unemployment insurance benefits paid out by the D.C. government.
Investigators found that 130 people drew on unemployment benefits while actually still holding jobs with the District, including D.C. Council staffers, employees of the Department of Transportation and the school system, and one who works in the Department of Employment Services, News4's Pat Collins reported. Those 90 people suspected who are currently working for the District have been placed on administrative leave, pending the results of the investigation.
About $840,000 was taken in about three years, Collins reported.
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It could be argues that they are still unemployed.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever seen one of these government workers really working?