Warning: If you get a 1099-g form, and you’ve never applied for unemployment, you may be a victim of fraud
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CHICAGO (WBBM) A heads-up for potential fraud victims this tax season – if you get a 1099-G form in the mail, but you never applied for unemployment benefits, someone else may have in your name.
CBS 2’s Tara Molina on Tuesday investigated the next steps you should take. She talked to an expert and asked how the state is preparing to handle such a situation.
Since March 1, the Illinois Department of Employment Security has stopped 962,000 fraudulent unemployment claims, according to the agency’s spokeswoman.
Unemployed Southern Californians continue to struggle to obtain benefits from the state s Employment Development Department (EDD).
That s why we spoke to an expert to answer your questions about applying for claims, $300 stimulus funds, fraud and much more.
Watch the video above for answers from Michele Evermore, an expert with the National Employment Law Project.
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BOSTON, Mass. — Massachusetts is trying to recover nearly $190 million in overpayments from workers who received extra unemployment benefits last year.
Updated on January 14, 2021 at 7:13 pm
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Sal Gatanio says he lost his job in April, and has dealt with financial hardship since then, like so many facing unemployment during the pandemic.
“At first, with the $600 extra that the government gave out with the pandemic unemployment assistance, that was great,” he said. “Once that stopped in the end of July, for the past six months, it’s just been brutal.”
He says he felt some relief Thursday after seeing the first Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) payment of $300 pop into his account.
“I have a smile on my face now,” he said. “For the past couple of weeks, I really have not had a smile on my face.”