ALBANY, N.Y. â Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently announced the launch of a new identity verification tool, ID.me, to fight unemployment benefits fraud and help New Yorkers with bona fide claims verify their identities and receive benefits faster.
The Department of Labor has identified over 500,000 fraudulent claims and stopped over $6.4 billion in payments to criminals since the start of the pandemic and distributed over $70 billion in legitimate unemployment benefits to 4.2 million New Yorkers since March 2020.Â
In addition, the Department of Labor is also bolstering its anti-fraud efforts by launching a new web page to provide New Yorkers with a step-by-step guide for protecting their identity from cybercriminals.Â
A Personal Perspective on Ion Mihai Pacepa
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A man walked into the American Embassy in West Germany in late July, 1978. He said he was a senior officer in an Eastern European Intelligence Service and wanted to defect to the United States. Would he be accepted?
The CIA people needed his name. If he identified himself, he said he could never return home. He walked outside and pondered his future. Finally, he went back in and told them he was Lieutenant General Ion Mihai Pacepa, Acting Director of the Romanian Foreign Intelligence Service, the DIE.
Few were familiar with his name, and no one knew what he looked like. It was a poser.
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Law enforcement and the state Department of Labor continue to investigate growing numbers of fraudulent unemployment claims as thousands returned to work this winter, officials said.
Officials at every level of government, including police, attorneys and state or local executives, have reported heightened numbers of fraudulent unemployment cases and are warning residents to remain vigilant against potential attacks. The cases often target New Yorkers involved in past data breaches.
Johnson Newspaper Corp., which owns the Watertown Daily Times, has received multiple unemployment claims since October for workers who were still employed or never filed claims.
Officials are investigating nearly 10 potential fraud cases received since October involving Batavia Daily News and Watertown Daily Times employees. The company has received reports of two potentially fraudulent claims in the last two weeks.
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