CINCINNATI — Elizabeth Willard was relieved when she qualified for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance in Ohio. As an independent contractor who styles hair for weddings, she wasn’t eligible for ...

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services has pulled nearly 19,000 people out of PUA purgatory, as it continues to investigate an unemployment fraud attack that could cost federal taxpayers ...

Ohio unemployment officials are implementing new security features to their claims process this week as they notify thousands of previously denied applicants that they may qualify for expanded ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A trio of suspects, along with a dozen co-conspirators, have been indicted in a pandemic unemployment assistance fraud scheme that resulted in the theft of $7.3 million.

LIMA — The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services is conducting an expansive investigation into more than 250,000 Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claims the agency believes may be fraudulent, a ...

Three Columbus-area women, including a mother and daughter, are among 15 people who have been indicted by a grand jury in connection with a sprawling COVID-19 unemployment assistance scheme that ...

I’m a Ohio resident who has been without any pandemic assistance for four months. I’m a single mom who has been without steady work during this pandemic. In November, I was asked to summit some ...