Prosecutors charged three Inland Empire women in separate schemes in which they allegedly raked in a combined $1.2 million in COVID-related unemployment benefits using the names of California inmates.

Unemployment

Los Angeles Times

Fox 11 LA

audacy.com

Female trio in Inland Empire charged with fraud over $1.2 million in COVID benefits to inmates

Federal prosecutors said Friday that they have charged three Southern California women with using prison inmates’ names to bilk a state agency out of a combined nearly $1.25 million in coronavirus-related unemployment benefits, the latest allegations in an ongoing scandal that has cost hundreds of millions of dollars.The three are among a dozen charged just in the greater Los Angeles area and among 150 charged federally nati…

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US & Canada

Economy

Feds

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Sacramento

Washington Times

abc News

680 News

Associated Press News

KCRA 3

Feds charge 3 more in massive California unemployment fraud

PETALING JAYA: Over 10,000 jobs will be up for grabs at the Program Kerjaya UP event on Monday (April 12), in a bid to reduce the unemployment rate among vulnerable urban groups. Read full story

Asia

Petaling Jaya

The Star Kuala Lumpur

10,000 jobs up for grabs in Perkeso's Program Kerjaya UP on Monday (April 12)

A Covington woman dealing with cancer got an appointment for in-person help to deal with unemployment claim, but she has to drive three hours.

Cancer

Covington, Kentucky

Covington

Spectrum News

Seeking In-Person Unemployment Help, Some Prepare to Drive For Hours

Part of the process of certifying unemployment benefits includes Illinois employers appealing claims, but more than a year into the pandemic, one employer says that’s not happening.

Pandemic

Illinois

Washington Examiner

Some Illinois businesses report problems bringing workers back, citing unemployment benefits

The local economy enjoyed a resurgence in employment in March as the unemployment rate fell 0.9 per cent to 9.8 in Statistics Canada’s monthly labour survey. Read More

Windsor, Ontario

Windsor

Windsor Star

Local economy sees resurgence in employment in March

Hackers force officials to temporarily sideline system, adding to months of woe for many claimants

Kentucky

WLWT

Cybersecurity expert takes Kentucky's unemployment system to task, calling it functionally obsolete

The state has shut down its unemployment system for four days because of fraud. That's not the news thousands of people want to hear, while still waiting for their benefits.We've shared many of those struggles and now we're getting the employers' perspective and the challenges they experience."We've had more fakes than we had employees at the time we closed," said Howard Stovall.

Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington

Lex18 NBC

Employers react to state temporarily shutting down unemployment system because of fraud

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