Fraud overwhelms pandemic-related unemployment programs

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One thought on “Fraud overwhelms pandemic-related unemployment programs

  1. Huh. Who would have thought people would try to scam and get “free money”. Oh wait, we’ve had decades of fraud in every government assistance program… (welfare, SNAP, Social Security Disability [That’s why SSD claims conveniently spiked in difficult economic times – and the largest increases in back/spinal and mental disability claims…the most difficult to disprove. When you have sleazy lawyers on TV advertising that they can get you the Social Security benefits “you deserve”, you know it is a scam…

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