More than two years after Ohio and other states were hit with a tsunami of fraudulent unemployment benefits claims, state officials now are only dealing with a fraction of the bogus claims they once faced.
to advise unemployment officials on anti-fraud efforts. The number of fraudulent claims dropped dramatically as a result.
“It changed how criminals view the unemployment system as a target, and I think we will forever be in a back and forth with them to identify potential fraud and stop it before it has an opportunity to grow,” he said.While the amount of new fraud has gone down, some Ohioans have still been trying to resolve problems after being victimized early last year.
Reece said she reached out to Yost’s office, but the only assistance offered was an offer to set up a payment plan, as Yost’s office said it was up to ODJFS to resolve the issue. Reece spent 10 hours on the phone trying to resolve the issue with ODJFS, but she never got a call back from a supervisor even though ODJFS officials repeatedly promised to call.
Most unemployment-fraud problems have been addressed, Teets said, but “there are still issues there and still there probably will be for some time to come.”
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