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RICHMOND â The Virginia Employment Commission believes it paid out more than $40 million in unemployment funds to persons who submitted claims on behalf of prison inmates, according to federal authorities.
In a complaint filed against two former inmates involving $51,198 in unemployment claims, an agent wrote, This investigation involves an unemployment insurance fraud scheme wherein unemployment benefits in the millions of dollars were paid . to applicants who were actually inmates being housed at correctional facilities. The VEC unknowingly paid these unemployment benefits based upon false and fraudulent information provided by individuals who submitted the applications on behalf of these inmates. The VEC estimates it paid out over $40 million to individuals who submitted claims on the behalf of ineligible inmates, says the affidavit.
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Show Transcript 235 OF THEM ARE ON VENTILATORS. SULA: MANY OF YOU CONTINUE TO EMAIL US, DESPERATE FOR ANSWERS ABOUT YOUR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. MORGAN LENTES IS LOOKING FOR ANSWERS FOR YOU TONIGHT. SHE JOINS US LIVE IN NEW ORLEANS. MORGAN: YOU’RE ABOUT TO MEET A SINGLE MOTHER OF 3, WHO SAYS SHE HAS GIVEN UP HOPE THAT SHE’LL EVER GET HER UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. I ALSO TALKED TO LOCAL LAWMAKERS WHO SAY SITUATIONS LIKE THAT ARE UNACCEPTABLE. WITH GOD ON OUR SIDE, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT. I CAN’T WORRY ABOUT IT TOO MUCH. IT IS WHAT IT IS. MORGAN: WIPING AWAY TEARS, CIARA, A SINGLE MOM IN NEW ORLEANS, TRIES TO STAY STRONG. SHE SAYS SHE’S GONE FIVE MONTHS WITHOUT UNEMPLOYMENT, AFTER SH CLAIMS SHE WAS TOLD TO REAPPLY. THEY SAY I DID IT WRONG, I HAD TO REC
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