RI promise more info on unemployment fraud
PROVIDENCE — As the state Department of Labor and Training prepares to say more about the state's role in a nationwide unemployment insurance fraud scheme that has fed off COVID pandemic boosts to unemployment checks, Rhode Islanders have expressed frustration trying to reach the agency. "You can't get anybody on the phone," said Catherine Castelli, of Cranston, who added that three members of her family have been touched by the fraud scheme: her husband, her brother-in-law and her sister. Meanwhile, the department on Thursday promised to release more information about the scope of the frau...
Source: providencejournal.com