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Thousands impacted by Florida s unemployment breach worried about missing more payments
Local disabled veteran among those impacted by DEO data breach
A local disabled veteran is among the victims impacted after her account was compromised as a part of that big data breach at the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.
LAKE MARY, Fla. - Thousands of people impacted by Florida s unemployment system breach are concerned they ll miss out on more payments.
Florida s Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) said a security breach may have given hackers information into claimant accounts. Officials said the possible fraudulent activity was connected to claimant accounts within the Reemployment Assistance Claims and Benefits Information System, commonly known as CONNECT.
Lawsuit challenges unemployment money halt in Florida
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TALLAHASSEE – Broward County residents struggling financially because of the COVID-19 pandemic have filed a lawsuit challenging a decision by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to cut off federal unemployment money for Floridians.
The lawsuit, filed Sunday in Broward County circuit court, contends that the DeSantis administration violated state law last month when it stopped providing $300 a week in federal assistance to jobless people. The money, approved by Congress as part of COVID-19 relief efforts, came on top of state unemployment benefits.
The DeSantis administration halted the federal assistance June 26, pointing to efforts to spur people to return to the workforce. But the lawsuit, which includes 10 named plaintiffs, said the payments should have continued until Sept. 6, as authorized by Congress under a program known as the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, or FPUC, program.
Unemployed Floridians sue state to reinstate federal jobless benefits
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TAMPA, Fla. - Governor Ron DeSantis is facing legal action after ending federal unemployment benefits last month. A group of jobless Floridians is now suing the state to have the $300 per week in benefits reinstated.
The 15-page lawsuit demands the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity and the governor reinstate federal unemployment benefits. There s a lot of upset people that are really in need of this money and have nowhere to turn, attorney Scott Behren said.
The lawsuit, filed in Broward County Circuit Court Sunday, argues the DeSantis administration violated state law last month when it stopped providing $300 a week in federal unemployment assistance. The payments approved by Congress were authorized to continue until September 6.
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