Maryland officials have uncovered a massive unemployment fraud scheme that resulted in $ 501 million in fraudulent claims, Governor Larry Hogan (R) announced at a press conference on Wednesday. According to Hogan, more than 47,000 false claims were made using stolen identities and personal information acquired from previous data breaches. …
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There has been a great deal of interest in the possibility of a second round of stimulus checks: when, how much, and by whom? But the upcoming expiration of the federal $ 600 per week unemployment benefit program, a problem with much deeper economic implications, has been approaching as its …
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As the United States reopens in phases, more and more jobs are added to the economy. Unemployment officially fell to 13.3% in May as employers added 2.5 million jobs, the best month for job growth since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the data in 1939. The Labor Department …
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