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‘Highly experienced money launderers’ behind 120,000-plus fraudulent unemployment claims
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:38 pm
This is Illinois what about Louisiana?
Chicago Sun Times
"Pritzker said the program, created through the federal coronavirus relief package, left it up to each state to develop its own system: “As a result, there were massive holes for illegal fraudsters to steal federal dollars from taxpayers across the country.”
"An additional 14,500 instances of fraud have been identified through the state’s standard unemployment insurance system since March."
A “poorly designed” national program allowed “highly experienced money launderers” to take advantage of “massive holes” to file more than 120,000 fraudulent claims through Illinois’ beleaguered unemployment benefits system during the coronavirus pandemic.
In the scheme, fraudsters have used Illinois residents’ personal information stolen in separate data breaches to apply for benefits to be paid through direct-deposit, debit cards and other financial tools employed by legitimate filers.
“The highly experienced money launderers who have perpetrated these crimes use the same payment methods that regular filers do,” Pritzker said, so the state can’t cut off “common dispersal mechanisms” that are also used by people who really need the help."
Chicago Sun Times
"Pritzker said the program, created through the federal coronavirus relief package, left it up to each state to develop its own system: “As a result, there were massive holes for illegal fraudsters to steal federal dollars from taxpayers across the country.”
"An additional 14,500 instances of fraud have been identified through the state’s standard unemployment insurance system since March."
A “poorly designed” national program allowed “highly experienced money launderers” to take advantage of “massive holes” to file more than 120,000 fraudulent claims through Illinois’ beleaguered unemployment benefits system during the coronavirus pandemic.
In the scheme, fraudsters have used Illinois residents’ personal information stolen in separate data breaches to apply for benefits to be paid through direct-deposit, debit cards and other financial tools employed by legitimate filers.
“The highly experienced money launderers who have perpetrated these crimes use the same payment methods that regular filers do,” Pritzker said, so the state can’t cut off “common dispersal mechanisms” that are also used by people who really need the help."
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Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:39 pm to MrLSU
This is my shocked face.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:40 pm to MrLSU
I cant believe people were telling me this fraud wouldnt happen.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:43 pm to MrLSU
All you had to do was say you got a new job but couldn’t start due to Covid and you were eligible for the $540 a week.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:47 pm to MrLSU
120,000*600= 72,000,000
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:50 pm to MrLSU
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Highly experienced money launderers
You mean not like the plain old Nigerian scammers who got the Government to send them 100s of millions of dollars in legit unemployment checks a couple months ago?
But don't worry......the same folks who allowed this shite to happen are currently hard at work making sure it never happens again, I'm sure.
This post was edited on 8/6/20 at 2:52 pm
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:55 pm to MrLSU
quote:
"Pritzker said the program, created through the federal coronavirus relief package, left it up to each state to develop its own system: “
He's blaming his state's shitty system on the feds.
Illinois system was hit with 120,000 fraudulent claims. That's on HIM.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 2:56 pm to MrLSU
And whoever thought doing away with face-to-face filing for unemployment was a great idea needs to be filing for unemployment themselves.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 3:17 pm to MrLSU
Don't forget Illinois is asking to have their state pension bailed out as part of the democrat 3 Trillion stimulus package.
Posted on 8/6/20 at 3:35 pm to MrLSU
quote:
In the scheme, fraudsters have used Illinois residents’ personal information stolen in separate data breaches to apply for benefits to be paid through direct-deposit, debit cards and other financial tools employed by legitimate filers.
“The highly experienced money launderers who have perpetrated these crimes use the same payment methods that regular filers do,” Pritzker said, so the state can’t cut off “common dispersal mechanisms” that are also used by people who really need the help."
And then the sucker who loses their job applies for unemployment, but can't get it because their identity has been stolen.
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