Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today that the state along with local DA's have recouped a record high amount of fraudulent Unemployment benefits, 4 .5 million in fact.
Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick says going after fraud and theft of taxpayer money has always been a priority for him. Fitzpatrick said this is another example of how working together with the state, in this case the Department of Labor, can ferret out those who take advantage of the system.
Onondaga County returned more than $180,000 dollars.
The county with the highest return was Erie County with over $477,000.
2017 Total Restitution Returned:
- Erie County
- $477,162
- New York County
- $383,516
- Queens County
- $328,447
- Westchester County
- $316,282
- Monroe County
- $301,128
- Suffolk County
- $288,710
- Bronx County
- $216,814
- Orange County
- $187,587
- Onondaga County
- $180,599
- Albany County
- $165,294
- Richmond County
- $162,618
- Dutchess County
- $132,808
- Nassau County
- $117,289
- Other DA Offices
- $1,242,464
TOTAL
$4,500,718
A list of recoveries from other offices is available here.