Thousands of Florida unemployment accounts were locked without warning earlier this month in a move to counter a potential data breach that targeted nearly 58,000 Department of Economic Opportunity Connect accounts.
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DEO mistake leaves single mom facing unemployment with 2 kids and no benefits
Central Florida woman’s account corrected in 48 hours after turning to News 6 for help
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ORLANDO, Fla. – April Kelly is caught in one of those honesty is the best policy messes so many of Florida’s unemployed have faced in the year of COVID-19.
The single mom applied for unemployment benefits when she was furloughed from her job in April but was forced to reapply when it was discovered her application was not in the system.
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“I kept going on (the Department of Economic Opportunity Connect site) to check my claim and nothing was showing up,” she said. “I filed online and received nothing.”
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.