Unemployment-fraud reports running rampant in central Ohio
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With tax season in full swing, Ohioans are preparing their forms for filing or might already have filed.
For many, those forms include a 1099-G from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services if they lost their job or were furloughed during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and received unemployment assistance.
However, thousands of people across the state have reported receiving a 1099-G despite never opening an unemployment claim, a phenomenon that is part of recent widespread identity-fraud activity, according to central Ohio police departments and state agencies.
Patterns have emerged from community to community over the past several weeks.
Gahanna police release identity of deceased Brookhill Drive woman, say suspect shot self
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The Gahanna Division of Police has identified 47-year-old Linda Purdy as the woman who apparently died from a gunshot wound at 131 Brookhill Drive on Feb. 4.
Approximately 9:02 p.m. Feb 4, the Gahanna Division of Police responded to a call at the residence on a report of an alleged stabbing.
Police found Purdy, who was dead, in a recliner chair in the front living room with head injuries, reports said.
On Feb. 5, Gahanna police reported that she had died from an apparent gunshot wound and, pending an official determination on the cause of death from the Franklin County Coroner’s Office, the case is being investigated as a homicide.
Police said the woman s boyfriend has been identified as a suspect. Author: 10TV Web Staff Updated: 11:39 AM EST February 5, 2021
GAHANNA, Ohio The Gahanna Division of Police has identified a woman who died in a shooting Thursday night.
Police responded to an initial call about a stabbing just after 9 p.m. Thursday at a home in the 100 block of Brookhill Drive.
According to a post shared on the department s Facebook page, the victim was identified as 47-year-old Linda Purdy.
When officers arrived, they found Purdy dead inside the home.
Authorities said Purdy s boyfriend, 51-year-old Edward Johnson was identified as a suspect.