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Tell us: Did Massachusetts mistakenly overpay you in jobless benefits?

An unemployment application is seen in a box as City of Hialeah employees hand them out to people in front of the John F. Kennedy Library on April 08, 2020 in Hialeah, Florida.Joe Raedle/Photographer: Joe Raedle/Getty I

When thousands of jobs disappeared during the pandemic, the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance rushed to release unemployment benefits, ultimately delivering $33 billion to almost 4 million people.

But it made some mistakes. Billions went to people who received too much money or weren’t eligible for unemployment in the first place, according to the DUA. Now, the state is going back to those claimants — and asking them to return the funds.

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Shirley Leung is a Business columnist. She can be reached at shirley.leung@globe.com. Larry Edelman can be reached at larry.edelman@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @GlobeNewsEd.