Investigations & Criminal Enforcement (ICE)

Overview
Established in 1981, Investigations & Criminal Enforcement (ICE) is empowered to conduct criminal investigations involving crimes affecting the Department. Crimes investigated fall into categories of Workers’ Compensation fraud, threats involving Department resources and personnel, internal breaches of program integrity, Unemployment Insurance claimant and employer fraud, and fraud against other programs including the explosives section and petroleum storage tanks section. 

Fraud costs everybody when any kind of claim - unemployment insurance, workers' compensation insurance, etc. - is paid on fraudulent information.  As a result, employers and workers in the State of Colorado face loss of wages and jobs, lower profits, and higher costs for goods, services, and premiums. Prevention and detection are crucial to minimize the effects of fraud on these programs and thus protect the assets of the citizens of the State of Colorado.

Court Ordered Restitution to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, resulting from criminal convictions in fraud cases amounts to $8,486,119.70.

Most of those convicted make regular payments through the district courts' registry offices.