61 District employees fired for role in scam

The District has fired 61 employees for deliberately collecting unemployment insurance while still on the job, which cost the city at least $800,000. And more firings could follow, according to an administration spokesman.

“We will not tolerate malfeasance in the government,” Pedro Ribeiro, a spokesman for D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, said Tuesday. “If we find people defrauding the District government, we are going to go after them. End of story.”