- June 16, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Ohio Auditor Keith Faber speaks at an NFIB Marietta Area Action Council meeting Tuesday at the Galley in Marietta as NFIB Ohio Executive Director Roger Geiger and Marietta Area Action Council Chairman Rick Walters listen. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
MARIETTA — Ohio Auditor Keith Faber was not surprised when a local businessman told him Tuesday he’d gotten notices of unemployment filings for three workers who didn’t miss a day during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services got one for Faber himself.
But Faber has been on the job since being elected in 2018 after 18 years in the Ohio General Assembly. He spoke Tuesday at an NFIB meeting in Marietta and one of the main topics was the fight against unemployment fraud and overpayment.
“We’re knee-deep in the middle of that, trying to root out this $2.1 billion problem,” he said prior to the start of the Marietta Area…
