Federal Public Servants Fired or Have Resigned for Claiming CERB Where are the fraud charges? The two federal departments charged with doling out COVID-19 benefits have fired 286 employees who “wrongly” received the Canada Emergency Response Benefit while still working for the government. Tweet Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)