unemployment insurance theft

No charges expected in unemployment insurance theft

Betsy PriceGovernment, Headlines

No one is likely to be charged in the 2023 theft of $181,000 from the state’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, state officials told legislators in a letter posted Tuesday on the state’s website with a 21-page report about the situation. The theft of the money and lack of information about it has in recent months led to a hailstorm of …

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Labor Dept. says fraud behind many unemployment delays

Charles MegginsonGovernment, Headlines

After Milford resident Candice Hamilton was let go from her health care job in November 2021 she immediately filed for unemployment.  After receiving her benefits for three weeks, the payments stopped.  In late December, Hamilton was told by a Department of Labor caseworker that her claim is in a queue awaiting assignment to a claims deputy and that there was …