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Geoff Mulvihill and Andrew Welsh-Huggins Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio  — With the floodgates set to open on another round of unemployment aid, states are being hammered with a new wave of fraud as they scramble to update security systems and block scammers who already have siphoned billions of dollars from pandemic-related jobless programs. The fraud is fleecing taxpayers, delaying legitimate payments and turning thousands of Americans into unwitting identity-theft victims. Many states have failed to adequately safeguard their systems, and a review by The Associated Press finds that som...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — With the floodgates set to open on another round of unemployment aid, states are being hammered with a new wave of fraud as they scrambl

California may have lost up to $30 billion in unemployment benefits fraud. Other states are just now taking stock and finding tens of billions more.

The fraud is fleecing taxpayers, delaying legitimate payments and turning thousands of Americans into unwitting identity theft victims.

The Labor Department inspector general’s office estimates more than $63 billion in unemployment benefits was paid due to fraud or errors — roughly 10% of the total amount under pandemic-related programs.