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Michigan Man Sentenced in Million-Dollar Unemployment Insurance Fraud Scheme

A man from Detroit, Michigan was sentenced last week for his role in a multi-state, million-dollar unemployment insurance fraud scheme aimed at defrauding the U.S. government and the states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, of funds earmarked for unemployment assistance …

Auto Insurer’s Online System Breach Tied to Unemployment Fraud

Noblr, a USAA Insurance subsidiary offering insurance through an online quoting application, will pay $500,000 following a data breach that New York officials say affected 80,000 people and led to fraudulent unemployment benefit claims. New York Attorney General Letitia James …

ID.me’s Claim on Scope of Unemployment Fraud Baseless, U.S. Congress Says

Government contractor ID.me, which checks the identity of benefits applicants, had no basis for its claim that almost half of unemployment aid during the pandemic was lost to fraud, U.S. congressional investigators said on Thursday. A pair of House of …