-=PCTechTalk=- Re: interesting articles

Which is why the public gets ripped into paying MORE taxes etc. Workmans 
comp is another rip...the size of awards is unreal and causes THAT ins to go 
unreasonable levels..
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http://news.com.com/States+fiddle+while+defrauders+steal/2010-1071_3-5754429.html


States fiddle while defrauders steal

June 21, 2005, 4:00 AM PT

By Michael Alter



More than 9 million American consumers fall victim to identity theft each 
year.

But the most underpublicized identity theft crime is one in which thieves 
defraud state governments of payroll taxes by filing fraudulent unemployment 
claims.



It can be a fairly lucrative scheme, too. File a false unemployment claim 
and you can receive $400 per week for 26 weeks. Do it for 100 Social 
Security numbers and you've made a quick $1.04 million. It's tough to make 
crime pay much better than that.

The victims in this crime--the state work force agencies that tirelessly 
oversee our unemployment insurance programs and the U.S. Department of 
Labor--are reluctant to discuss this topic for obvious reasons.



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