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Thursday, 28 March 2024

Multiple fraud complaints filed after strange unemployment claims sent to Nevada companies

Credit: KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas
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Multiple fraud complaints filed after strange unemployment claims sent to Nevada companies
Multiple fraud complaints filed after strange unemployment claims sent to Nevada companies

Nevada's troubled unemployment benefit system is facing new concerns and criticism after multiple people are coming forward with letters that indicate unemployment benefits have been filed and paid for individuals who never filed for assistance.

AND NOW MULTIPLE FRAUDINVESTIGATIONS ARE UNDERWAY..THANKS FOR JOINING US..I'M..

TODD QUINONES.AND.... I'M TRICIA KEAN.13 INVESTIGATES HAS LEARNED....THE SCAM INVOLVES.....THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS INFRAUDULENT CLAIMS...THIS.....AS MANY OF YOU...ARE STILL WAITING....FOR YOUR MONEY..LETS GET OVER TO....13 INVESTIGATES REPORTER....JOE BARTELS LIVE....NEAR THE STRIP...TO EXPLAIN....JOE?THERE ARE MANY QUESTIONSABOUT..

HOW EXACTLY..THIS SCHEME WORKS..BUT NEVADANS..ARE GETTING LETTERS..ABOUT PAID UNEMPLOYMENTCLAIMS..

THEY NEVER MADE...SOME ARE WONDERING IF..THE SYSTEM..AND SENSITIVE PRIVATEINFORMATION HAS BEEN HACKED!IT SEEMS NO ONE IS IMMUNE...TO THE STRUGGLING ECONOMY..ANDUNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS..THE NEVADA BROADCASTERSASSOCIATION..WHICH REPRESENTS..DOZENS OF RADIO AND TVSTATIONS..STATEWIDEINCLUDING K-T-N-V 13 ACTIONNEWS..GOT A MYSTERIOUS..PIECE OF MAIL..."IT WAS A LETTER NOTIFYING USTHAT SUPPOSEDLY MYSELF LISAHACK HAD APPLIED FORUNEMPLOYMENT AND INDICATED THATI HAD BEEN LAID OFF FROM THEASSOCIATION IN MARCH...MY HEART SANK." LISA HACK IS THEASSOCIATION'S BUSINESSMANAGER..SHE'S BEEN WORKING NON-STOPTHROUGH THE PANDEMIC..SHE CALLED DETR RIGHT AWAY..AND THERE WAS ANOTHER TWIST.."THEY CONFIRMED THAT THIS ISGOING ON AND THERE HAVE BEENAN UPTICK IN IT RECENTLY THESEFRAUDULENT CLAIMS, IN THE EXACTSCENARIO THAT HAPPENED TO ME." LISA SAYS A DETRREPRESENTATIVE TOLD HER..SOMEONE WAS ABLE TOPROVIDE..HER REAL DATE OF BIRTH..SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER..PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT..AND PROVIDED A DATE IN MARCHWHEN SHE WAS SUPPOSEDLY LAIDCARD..."IT WAS BEYOND SHOCKING IOBVIOUSLY WAS NOT LAID OFF ANDI HAVE NEVER APPLIED FORUNEMPLOYMENT.""THAT'S THOUSANDS OF DOLLARSTHAT THEY GOT THOUSANDS ANDTHOUSANDS." AND IT'S APPARENTLY HAPPENINGTO MORE PEOPLE"THE IRONY IS, I OWN THEBUSINESS, AND YET I RECEIVED ALETTER ABOUT MYSELF AND I DIDNOT FILE THE CLAIM" MARINANICOLA..RUNS..A PUBLIC RELATIONS AGENCY..SHE TOO GOT LETTER..FROM DETR..EXPLAINING..SOMEONE USING HER MAIDEN NAME..WAS ABLE TO APPLY FOR..AND RECEIVED UNEMPLOYMENTBENEFITS.4:30 "I HOPE THERE ARE MULTIPLELEVELS OF VARIFICATIONHAPPENING WHEN IT COMES TO DETRRECEVING THESE CLAIMS, I DON'THAPPENED..AND A POSSIBLE HACK..A SPOKESPERSON SAYS.."DETR HAS NOT EXPERIENCED ANYDATA SERVER BREACH.WE WORK DILIGENTLY WITH OURSHOULD ANY ISSUES DEVELOP.IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THATTHE ENTIRE SITE REMAINS UP ANDACTIVE FOR FILERS."A POLICE REPORT HAS BEEN FILED.THE GOVERNOR TOLD ME IN A ONEON ONE INTERVIEW..LAST WEEK..THAT THE UNEMPLOYMENT SYSTEM..HAS RECEIVED..POTENTIALLY THOUSANDS OFFRAUDULENT CLAIMS..AND INVESTIGATORS ARE ACTIVELYWORKING TO TRACK THOSE DOWN..WHILE PAYING PEOPLE..WHO NEED THE MONEY.REPORTING LIVE JOE BARTELS 13ACTION NEWS.HELP ALLEVIATE.....

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