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Fraud Investigator: Sylvie Therrien

Sylvie Therrien: Sylvie Therrien told News that she and other investigators were given a target to recover nearly $500,000 in EI benefits every year, according to CBC. Therrien leaked documents to the media anonymously in the spring showing investigators were ordered to find $485,000 in savings each year by denying claims and A federal fraud investigator has been suspended without pay, after she leaked documents showing that investigators had to cut people off their employment insurance benefits in order to meet quotas. "It just was against my values, harassing claimants trying to penalize them in order to save money for the government. We had quotas to meet every month," Therrien said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.