In a continued sharp focus on restoring public trust in the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA), Director Julia Dale today announced a Legal Advisor to her leadership team and created a Legal and Compliance Bureau that will capitalize on collaborative anti-fraud practices and increase overall program integrity.
Director Dale has named Kimberly (Kim) Breitmeyer as UIA’s Legal Advisor, in charge of all litigation and case referrals, memorandums of understanding, data sharing agreements, and contracts. She also will lead the UIA’s new Legal and Compliance Bureau, which will include the agency’s Fraud and Investigations Division and the Internal Controls Division.
“Hiring Kim and creating the Legal and Compliance Bureau will allow for more direct attention on internal and external integrity,” said Director Dale. “We’re bringing in someone with extensive experience in overseeing investigations, interacting with the Attorney General’s office, and strengthening strategic partnerships with law enforcement to make information sharing easier and to continue to effectively pursue bad actors who steal money from Michigan’s workers and employers.”
Breitmeyer will be integral in building on UIA successes over the past two years in an area of the agency that continues to have a high priority for resources. To date, through the diligent work of investigators and prosecutors, 116 individuals have been charged with unemployment insurance fraud, 46 were found guilty or entered a...
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