Unemployment Insurance Fraud

Everyone loves to get a letter in the mail when most mail is usually filled with bills and unwanted advertisements. Except for Georgia’s Governor Kemp. A recent letter Governor Kemp received was sent January 8, 2023 from the Georgia Office of the Inspector General....

The first train robbery in American history was done by brothers John and Simeon Reno in 1966, making off with $13,000 from a train stopped in Indiana. In 1873, notorious outlaw Jesse James became the first bandit to hold up a moving train. And...

U.S. citizens from all over the country have been victimized by fraudsters impersonating their victims and using the stolen identities to submit fraudulent unemployment insurance claims online. Many victims of identity theft related to unemployment insurance claims do not even know they have been...

Ever wonder if federal judges sometimes look at the defendants and think to themselves “Not surprised?” That may have crossed the mind of some in the court on December 21st, 2022 with the case of Julian Martins for Federal Housing Administration fraud and COVID...

Criminals targeting pandemic relief funds have stolen close to $100 billion estimated so far. The number of cases is so astronomical that the government launched COVID-19 fraud strike force groups around the country dedicated only to pandemic related fraud.  But not all cases are...

Lexicographers for the Merriam-Webster Dictionary typically wait to add a word until they've determined that it has relatively widespread use, widely agreed-upon meaning, and seems to have staying power—meaning it's likely to be used for a long time. Thanks to fraudsters, the relatively new...

An automated computer system, known as MiDAS, used by the Michigan Unemployment Agency from 2013 to 2015 may have initially been deemed a success, with record numbers of applicants being flagged for fraud. For instance, in 2014, MiDAS flagged 27,000 fraud cases, nearly double...

In order to qualify for unemployment benefits it is required to prove in that application that one is able to work, available to work and actively seeking work. But that criteria doesn’t stop fraudsters from filing for benefits. The state of Iowa recently released...

In 2020, the State of Washington was contacted by officials at the Seattle Fire Department, Microsoft Corp., Zulily.com, the City of Bellingham, and the Seattle Yacht Club saying that some of their state of Washington employees appears to be receiving COVID-19 unemployment benefits despite...

On Dec. 8, 2021, Eric Jaklitsch was arrested at his home in New Jersey and was transported to the west coast, to be charged in Federal Court for a scheme to defraud the California Employment Development Department (EDD). To execute this scheme, Jaklitsch collected...