Nearly $1 billion of unspent COVID-19 era unemployment benefits is sitting unused on prepaid debit cards and ripe for fraud, the Labor Department’s official watchdog warned last week.
Labor Department watchdog flags more than $900M in unused COVID-era benefits, demands ‘immediate’ return to taxpayers
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February 16, 2026
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