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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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