Updated December 14, 2020 7:19 p.m. EST
By Monica Laliberte, WRAL executive producer/5 On Your Side reporter, & Brian Shrader, WRAL reporter
Raleigh, N.C. Unemployment fraud is a serious problem, one that has impacted thousands this year, including 5 On Your Side’s Monica Laliberte and WRAL’s Brian Shrader. Both recently had scammers file for unemployment in their names.
Their experience dealing with the fraud raised serious concerns and a push for answers. If two people in the same company this happened to within a couple of weeks of each other, just imagine across the state, the scale at which this is happening, Shrader said.