From
Capitol Report New Mexico - The amount the state’s
Workforce Solutions department is overpaying in unemployment checks and New Mexico’s alarming rate of fraud — first reported last month on
Capitol Report New Mexico – has prompted a couple of influential lawmakers in the Roundhouse to call for Workforce Solutions to start prosecuting people who receive money they shouldn’t be getting. In an article in this past Sunday’s edition of the
Santa Fe New Mexican, reporter Kate Nash reveals that Workforce Solutions “hasn’t prosecuted anyone for fraud in the past five years, [even though] it has reported that it detected fraud of $15.7 million last year alone.” Looking at
figures obtained by the US Department of Labor, Capitol Report New Mexico discovered
New Mexico has the fourth-highest rate of fraud among the 50 states plus the District of Columbia when it comes to unemployment claims. According to the New Mexican article, while Workforce Solutions has some measures in place to recoup money lost due to improper payments such as garnishing wages there are “no current penalties that the department can impose for fraudulent unemployment insurance claims.” The department is looking into getting tougher on cheaters and two high-profile lawmakers are urging them to do just that.
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Lawmakers urge Workforce Solutions to start prosecuting unemployment fraud
From Capitol Report New Mexico - The amount the state’s Workforce Solutions department is overpaying in unemployment checks and New Mexico’s alarming rate of fraud — first reported last month on Capitol Report New Mexico – has prompted a couple of influential lawmakers in the Roundhouse to call for Workforce Solutions to start prosecuting people who receive money they shouldn’t be getting. In an article in this past Sunday’s edition of the Santa Fe New Mexican, reporter Kate Nash reveals that Workforce Solutions “hasn’t prosecuted anyone for fraud in the past five years, [even though] it has reported that it detected fraud of $15.7 million last year alone.” Looking at figures obtained by the US Department of Labor, Capitol Report New Mexico discovered New Mexico has the fourth-highest rate of fraud among the 50 states plus the District of Columbia when it comes to unemployment claims. According to the New Mexican article, while Workforce Solutions has some measures in place to recoup money lost due to improper payments such as garnishing wages there are “no current penalties that the department can impose for fraudulent unemployment insurance claims.” The department is looking into getting tougher on cheaters and two high-profile lawmakers are urging them to do just that. Read more
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