Crooks stole $10,257 in Ohio jobless scam and local attorney gets 1099
Douglas Bernstein cannot remember the last time he was in Ohio. Maybe, the Bloomfield Hills attorney thinks, maybe, it was a couple of years ago when he was visiting clients in Cleveland. No matter. Supposedly, according to the 1099-G tax form that he received in the mail Jan. 28 from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Bernstein received $10,257 in jobless claims from Ohio. "Here we go again," Bernstein first thought, recalling all the hassle he went through when he was a victim of tax-related ID theft a few years ago. The well-known attorney never held a job in Ohio but Plun...