The Kansas Department of Labor has a special Fraud
Investigations unit that handles all allegations of Fraud. The group’s purpose
is to detect, investigate and prosecute, if necessary, incorrect payments of UI
benefits.
Most leads come from a quarterly cross-match of audits sent to
employers. The audit checks for claimants who received benefits in the same
quarter they also received wages reported by an employer. We also use the
national and state directory of new hires to check for those collecting
benefits after starting a new job.
Tips from the public are a great source of information in
catching fraudulent activity. If you believe someone is fraudulently collecting
unemployment benefits, please report it immediately to our Fraud Investigations
unit. All allegations of fraud are investigated.