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Ohio’s unemployment office deluged with bogus claims: Capitol Letter Updated Feb 12, 2021; Posted Feb 12, 2021 Facebook Share Rotunda Rumblings Scammers’ delight: “Unemployment scammers appear to have targeted Ohio to an unprecedented degree last week, as tens of thousands of new claims were flagged as potentially fraudulent,” writes Jeremy Pelzer. State officials said as a result of having to review all the new claims for fraud, Ohio’s already lengthy wait times for benefits will become even longer for some legitimate applicants. Job one: Ohio Department of Health Director Stepha...

Top prosecutor in federal House Bill 6 probe to resign: Capitol Letter Rotunda Rumblings Stepping down: David DeVillers announced on Tuesday he will resign as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Ohio on Feb. 28, after the Biden administration asked him to do so. Per Andrew Tobias, DeVillers had thought he would be able to stay around for the months it would take to confirm a successor. But he said the federal probe into House Bill 6, the investigation of the fatal shooting of Casey Goodson by a Franklin County sheriff’s deputy and other high-profile cases will continue without him. T...

Ohio finalizing list of potential mass vaccination sites: The Wake Up for Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021 Updated Feb 10, 2021; Posted Feb 10, 2021 Drivers wait in line to get the COVID-19 vaccine in the parking lot of the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., Jan. 11. President Joe Biden took a virtual tour of the 24-hour vaccination site on Monday, as Ohio was mentioned as a place for large-scale clinics.AP Facebook Share Weather The day will star very cold, with temperatures in the mid-teens around 8 a.m. It will warm only to the low 20s with mostly cloudy skies. Snow showers are possible duri...

Anthony Sowell, man who murdered 11 women at Cleveland home, dies in prison: The Wake Up for Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com © David Petkiewicz, cleveland.com/David Petkiewicz, cleveland.com/cleveland.com/TNS Northeast Ohio ski resorts are on track to do well despite the coronavirus. Many, including Boston Mills and Brandywine, have made changes including requiring masks, social distancing and extra cleaning in the lodges. David Petkiewicz, cleveland.com Subscribe to the Wake Up, cleveland.com’s free morning newsletter, delivered to your inbox weekdays...

Ohio scammed into paying out hundreds of millions in fraudulent pandemic unemployment: Capitol Letter Updated Feb 04, 2021; Posted Feb 04, 2021 The state estimates at least $330 million was paid out to fraudsters from April to December. (Ohio Department of Job and Family Services) Facebook Share Rotunda Rumblings Scam-a-lot: State officials have so far been able to confirm $330 million was paid out to 56,000 fraudulent pandemic unemployment benefits claims filed between April and December, Jeremy Pelzer reports. An additional 2,200 fraudulent overpayments for traditional jobless benefits, t...