Category: Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act

Key House Panel Approves Bill to Help States Prosecute COVID Unemployment Fraud

House Ways and Means Committee members approved legislation on Feb. 28 that provides states new incentives to go after an estimated $400 billion in COVID-19 unemployment insurance (UI) fraud and extending the federal statute of limitations on prosecution of such crimes. The “Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act” was introduced in the House…


Key House Panel Approves Bill to Help States Prosecute COVID Unemployment Fraud, Extends US Statute of Limitations

House Ways and Means Committee members approved legislation on Feb. 28 that provides states new incentives to go after an estimated $400 billion in COVID-19 unemployment insurance (UI) fraud and extending the federal statute of limitations on prosecution of such crimes. The “Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act” was introduced in the House…