Posted on 03/01/2021 4:15:45 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- With the floodgates set to open on another round of unemployment aid, states are being hammered with a new wave of fraud as they scramble to update security systems and block scammers who already have siphoned billions of dollars from pandemic-related jobless programs.
The fraud is fleecing taxpayers, delaying legitimate payments and turning thousands of Americans into unwitting identity theft victims. Many states have failed to adequately safeguard their systems, and a review by The Associated Press finds that some will not even publicly acknowledge the extent of the problem.
The massive sham springs from prior identity theft from banks, credit rating agencies, health care systems and retailers. Fraud perpetrators, sometimes in China, Nigeria or Russia, buy stolen personal identifying information on the dark web and use it to flood state unemployment systems with bogus claims.
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating unemployment fraud by “transnational criminal organizations, sophisticated domestic actors, and individuals across the United States,” said Joshua Stueve, a spokesman for the department's criminal division.
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“Remember, we’re the government, we’re here to help”
It's a shame the department lost its best investigator.
The company I own has received over 15 fake unemployment applications filed from people who have never worked for us.
Nearly all African American made up names or Dot on forehead Indian names
Dec.. 2020 Thousands of ID's were confiscated in Louisville headed toward New York.
Customs and Border officers in Cincinnati announced they’ve seized 2,233 counterfeit drivers’ licenses since the beginning of the year.....CBP officers have also seized 1,607 laminates, or cards used illicitly to produce drivers' licenses, as well as two stolen social security cards, five counterfeit or stolen passports and one stolen visa, according to a CBP release
Like ‘normal’ unemployment claims on steroids then?
Coulda stopped right there. And, it's not in China.
It is China. Their government is dedicated to rob, defraud and destroy the USA by any means possible. To steal unemployment from Americans is icing on the cake for the chinks.
It’s the newest rice bowl for beserkers to launder tax money IMHO.
Biden & Dems want to shut down CBP.....
Free money, I should say lots of free money for not working has fueled a MASSIVE amount of fraudulent identity theft especially given the government isn’t bothering to have any checks ad balances on the money.
All predictable. More money down the toilet.
Of course they do....they want the border fully open and is exactly what the Globalist Agenda is.
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