Posted on 07/18/2020 1:38:04 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced that the state had discovered a “massive” unemployment fraud scheme, bilking the state’s unemployment insurance fund of more than $500 million dollars, and possibly stealing much more from other states across the country on Wednesday. Governor Hogan held a press conference to announce the discovery of the fraud ring by the state.
The organized fraudsters allegedly used information stolen from the state from previous data briefs to impersonate the identity of tens of thousands of people, filing 47,500 fraudulent unemployment insurance claims.
The state currently believes that approximately $501 million in unemployment insurance benefits were dispersed to fraudulent entities. The fraud is being investigated by a federal prosecutors, with authorities currently seeking to discern if the perpetrators are based in the United States or elsewhere...
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Anyone here have high confidence this money will be recovered?
Add that to the 100’s of millions stolen by able bodied welfare parasites every year...
Just another Solyndra-styled scsm?
They’ll raise taxes to make up for the loss.
Idiots controlling our hard-earned tax dollars.....what could go wrong?
People have to consider the “Opportunity Costs” of thievery.
What could that $500,000,000 have been used for?
Infrastructure? Education? Medical?
This fraud is being done in all states run be Dems AGAN!!
There was an article the other day about a husband and wife who stole a bunch of money from the federal government.
The government was trying to recover their 20 cars and 4 houses which included a house in Hawaii.
Those poor people.
Nice to see Never-Trumper Hogan taking it in the shorts once again.
“....Anyone here have high confidence this money will be recovered?....”
Naaa. This is the Elijah Cummings stomping grounds...
I’d suggest starting with his widow and work from there. But since this is Maryland and they’re a highly “protected species”, all bets are off on any prosecution, arrests, etc....let alone any recovery of funds.
This is what happens when nobody knows who you are anymore. You are just a number.
Nobody goes to the unemployment office anymore. Everything is done online. By the time they discover you aren’t who you claimed to be the money is already gone.
Exactly.
Maryland. I am deeply shocked.
See if they bust the ones getting the kickbacks!
Hogan's a Republican.
In name only. Any conservative left in MD knew Hogan was fraud all along. I despise the man.
He is a grifting opportunist of the highest order.
He’s not REALLY a republican if he is governor of Maryland, he is a Mittens republican which is REALLY a Dem!!!
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