During the Pandemic, the State of Michigan handed out millions in unemployment benefits to people who were laid off due to businesses closing.

Many millions of state residents were affected and collected benefits.

It became apparent after the dust settled that many thousands of people may have collected benefits fraudulently.

The state started a massive billing to go after those people and get the money back.  They used sledge-hammer techniques just billing people without determining the facts or allowing a response.

This caused a lot of anguish to people who were innocent but swept into the billing process including having refunds confiscated and other forms of collection.

As a result of the bad publicity and the unfairness, the Michigan Unemployment Agency just issued $53.2 million in waivers to approximately 7,300 people.  Another $2.4 million will be refunded to claimants.  Over the past 3 months, the UIA has waived more than $484.2 million on 62,300 claims.