We promise you we cannot make this stuff up. According to iHeart Radio, someone managed to defraud the state of Michigan out of thousands of dollars using the names ‘Kimberly Kardashian’ and ‘Kylie Jenner’ to file for unemployment.
The two unemployment claims were filed under the names of the women with an address in Traverse City and the claims allowed the person to receive 8 weeks of backdated unemployment pay totaling over $7000, according to TMZ.
Read below via iHeart Radio:
The state’s fraud management software did flag the claims and needed additional ID verification, but it was too late. Just days before, the money had already been released to the bank accounts attached to the claims.
The Detroit News reported that the unemployment agency approved thousands of claims during the pandemic even though they knew 10% would be fraudulent.
The unemployment agency approved several claims at the height of the pandemic because trying to sort through all the claims to find the fraudulent ones would have pushed back thousands of real claims from being approved.
According to Michigan.gov, there have been thousands of reports of unemployment fraud claims.
“The UIA has received more than 50,000 reports from individuals reporting unemployment fraud and identity theft in their name through its website since March 15, 2020, with more 40,000 sent since May 1, 2020. The agency will continue to work with Task Force members in its investigation of these reports.”
Our thing is, there are States that actually conduct interviews with individuals who claim unemployment, what do they do in Michigan? Did anyone look over the application?
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