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Typo causes Florida Army veteran to be listed as 1 years old on his unemployment records News 6 notified DEO of issue unlocking his benefits Tags:  John Wilkerson, 37, is an Army Veteran who served 15 years. (WKMG 2021) John Wilkerson, 37, served in the U.S. Army for 15 years but when he turned to his government for state and federal unemployment benefits a typo in the Department of Economic Opportunity system let him down. “I can log into the account, I can claim the weeks and I’m still not getting anything,” Wilkerson said. Wilkerson said his identity was verified seven times by  I...

Effective June 1, unemployment claimants will be required to search for work to continue collecting unemployment benefits.

Unemployed counselor’s benefits stopped because of 3-hour job DEO and News 6 help release $8,000 in benefits for struggling father of 2 Tags:  Unemployed counselor’s benefits stopped because of 3-hour job MIAMI, Fla. – Peter McCarthy was desperate when he took on a one-day counseling session in Miami in December but he never imagined that three-hour session would stop his weekly unemployment benefits for nearly five months. The rehabilitation counselor and father of two has been out of work due to the coronavirus pandemic outside of the one off counseling job late last year. “I start...

‘I can’t believe I fell for it:’ Woman with disability loses $11,000 to online fraudster Romance scheme uses photographs of handsome oil rig worker Updated:  Tags:  HOLLY HILL, Fla. – When 60-year-old Wendy Peterson saw a News 6 special report featuring another woman falling in love with an imposter who used social media photographs of veteran actor Antonio Sabato Jr. she realized that story sounded a little too familiar. “I can’t believe it fell for it, this is pretty bad,” Peterson said. The disabled former restaurant manager from Holly Hill said her romance with oil rig m...

Woman says unemployment benefits delayed a year because of mystery employer $1,400 ‘over payment’ paid but benefits still have not been issued Tags:  Nixon said the Department of Economic Opportunity told her she received unemployment benefits in 2010. “(The DEO) said I worked for this company while I was receiving benefits back in 2010, " Nixon said. “I paid the overpayment so I could get my benefits.” Capital Investments of Orlando, the company she said was linked to her work record, is not listed on Nixon’s monetary determination documents. [TRENDING: Ad A review of Nixon’s...