Single father says no one can explain 16 missing unemployment checks
DEO and News 6 investigation leads to $8,400 in re-issued checks
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Vaughn Tucker has a high stakes unemployment mystery on his hands.
According to the unemployed single father, 16 federal unemployment checks were sent to his Windemere apartment but were never delivered to his mailbox.
“I have to be able to eat, I have to be able to feed my son,” the former Disney resort worker said. “I haven’t received any federal payments and that’s including my stimulus check as well.”
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News 6 reviewed his Department of Economic Opportunity Connect account and confirmed 16 “paper checks” totaling $8,400 were issued starting on May 18 and ending Sept. 14.
Unemployment error leaves claimants unable to collect benefits
The error told claimants they were overpaid, thus freezing their benefits. In addition, they were billed thousands of dollars. Author: Josslyn Howard Updated: 6:36 PM EST December 9, 2020
Some unemployed Floridians had their benefits frozen after the Department of Economic Opportunity told them they owe the department money.
The reason was an error that caused some claimants being overpaid. As a result, some claimants, like Gia Cuccaro, were slapped with a bill for thousands of dollars.
“It’s tragic because the low amount that we get, now we’re not getting any of it until this is fixed,” Cuccaro said.