[grobdriver]

Those who engaged in fraud should be easy to track down by simply comparing paychecks and "unemployment" checks for the same period.

But this is the government, and the two systems probably use different OS' and data format that will make such comparisons impossible.

[aimhigh]

Most employers report employee wages to the unemployment agencies on a quarterly basis. The unemployment agencies then look back, comparing wages report to unemployment paid.

Unfortunately, the Federal government doesn’t report Federal wages to the unemployment agencies. They only supply wages upon by individual request when an unemployment claim is filed. It’s up to the Feds to catch the cheaters by comparing quarterly charges from the unemployment agencies to their personnel records.

If one of the cheaters works in the personnel office, the scammer is not caught.