The U.S. Labor Department’s inspector general said this week that roughly $100 million in fraudulent unemployment insurance claims were paid in 2020 to criminals who are already in jail. That’s a tiny share of the estimated tens of billions of dollars in jobless benefits states have given to identity thieves in the past year
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/02/how-100m-in-jobless-claims-went-to-inmates/
Its appalling one has to jump through hoops to vote, yet, anyone with a hearbeart gets a check, without proper vetting. Interesting and disgusting at the same time.
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According to the LA Times - California may have sent over a billion dollars or more in unemployment benefits to people out of the state, including to other countries, and much of it may be based on fraudulent claims, several prosecutors warned.
Hence my post back on 17-May-2020 Unemployment Insurance Fraud Maybe NortonLifeLock should look into adding this as a new feature? 